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package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.Socket;

/**
 * A BlockReader is responsible for reading a single block
 * from a single datanode.
 */
public interface BlockReader {

  /* same interface as inputStream java.io.InputStream#read()
   * used by DFSInputStream#read()
   * This violates one rule when there is a checksum error:
   * "Read should not modify user buffer before successful read"
   * because it first reads the data to user buffer and then checks
   * the checksum.
   */
  int read(byte[] buf, int off, int len) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Skip the given number of bytes
   */
  long skip(long n) throws IOException;

  void close() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Read exactly the given amount of data, throwing an exception
   * if EOF is reached before that amount
   */
  void readFully(byte[] buf, int readOffset, int amtToRead) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Similar to {@link #readFully(byte[], int, int)} except that it will
   * not throw an exception on EOF. However, it differs from the simple
   * {@link #read(byte[], int, int)} call in that it is guaranteed to
   * read the data if it is available. In other words, if this call
   * does not throw an exception, then either the buffer has been
   * filled or the next call will return EOF.
   */
  int readAll(byte[] buf, int offset, int len) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Take the socket used to talk to the DN.
   */
  Socket takeSocket();

  /**
   * Whether the BlockReader has reached the end of its input stream
   * and successfully sent a status code back to the datanode.
   */
  boolean hasSentStatusCode();

}