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package org.jclouds.io;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;

import com.google.common.io.ByteSource;

public interface PayloadEnclosing {

   /**
    * Sets payload for the request or the content from the response. If size isn't set, this will
    * attempt to discover it.
    * 
    * @param data
    *           typically InputStream for downloads, or File, byte[], String, InputStream,
    *           of ByteSource for uploads.
    */
   void setPayload(Payload data);

   void setPayload(File data);

   void setPayload(byte[] data);

   void setPayload(InputStream data);

   void setPayload(String data);

   void setPayload(ByteSource data);

   @Nullable
   Payload getPayload();

   void resetPayload(boolean release);
}