csharp/src/Apache.Arrow/Ipc/ICompressionCodec.cs

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using System;

namespace Apache.Arrow.Ipc
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Codec for data compression and decompression (currently only decompression is supported)
    /// </summary>
    public interface ICompressionCodec : IDisposable
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Decompresses a compressed data buffer
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="source">Data buffer to read compressed data from</param>
        /// <param name="destination">Data buffer to write decompressed data to</param>
        /// <returns>The number of decompressed bytes written into the destination</returns>
        int Decompress(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> source, Memory<byte> destination);
    }
}