org.apache.commons.compress.parallel

Interface ScatterGatherBackingStore

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileBasedScatterGatherBackingStore

public interface ScatterGatherBackingStore
extends Closeable

Store intermediate payload in a scatter-gather scenario. Multiple threads write their payload to a backing store, which can subsequently be reversed to an InputStream to be used as input in the gather phase.

It is the responsibility of the allocator of an instance of this class to close this. Closing it should clear off any allocated structures and preferably delete files.

Since:

1.10

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	closeForWriting() Closes this backing store for further writing.
InputStream	getInputStream() An input stream that contains the scattered payload
void	writeOut(byte[] data, int offset, int length) Writes a piece of payload.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Method Detail

getInputStream

InputStream getInputStream()
                    throws IOException

An input stream that contains the scattered payload

Returns:

An InputStream, should be closed by the caller of this method.

Throws:

IOException - when something fails

writeOut

void writeOut(byte[] data,
              int offset,
              int length)
       throws IOException

Writes a piece of payload.

Parameters:

data - the data to write

offset - offset inside data to start writing from

length - the amount of data to write

Throws:

IOException - when something fails

closeForWriting

void closeForWriting()
              throws IOException

Closes this backing store for further writing.

Throws:

IOException - when something fails