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* Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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*/
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package org.opends.sdk.ldif;
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import java.io.Closeable;
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import java.io.IOException;
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import org.opends.sdk.DecodeException;
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/**
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* An interface for reading change records from a data source, typically
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* an LDIF file.
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* <p>
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* Implementations must specify the following:
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* <ul>
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* <li>Whether or not it is possible for the implementation to encounter
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* malformed change records and, if it is possible, how they are
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* handled.
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* <li>Any synchronization limitations.
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* </ul>
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* <p>
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* TODO: LDIFInputStreamReader
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* <p>
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* TODO: SearchResultEntryReader
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*/
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public interface ChangeRecordReader extends Closeable
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{
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/**
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* Closes this change record reader if it not already closed. Note
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* that this method does not need to be called if a previous call of
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* {@link #readChangeRecord()} has returned {@code null}.
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*
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* @throws IOException
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* If an unexpected IO error occurred while closing.
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*/
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void close() throws IOException;
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/**
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* Reads the next change record, blocking if necessary until a change
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* record is available. If the next change record does not contain a
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* change type then it will be treated as an {@code Add} change
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* record.
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*
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* @return The next change record, or {@code null} if there are no
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* more change records to be read.
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* @throws DecodeException
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* If the change record could not be decoded because it was
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* malformed.
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* @throws IOException
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* If an unexpected IO error occurred while reading the
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* change record.
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*/
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ChangeRecord readChangeRecord() throws DecodeException, IOException;
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}
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