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package org.apache.lucene.codecs.compressing;


import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.store.DataInput;
import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;

/**
 * A decompressor.
 */
public abstract class Decompressor implements Cloneable {

  /** Sole constructor, typically called from sub-classes. */
  protected Decompressor() {}

  /**
   * Decompress bytes that were stored between offsets <code>offset</code> and
   * <code>offset+length</code> in the original stream from the compressed
   * stream <code>in</code> to <code>bytes</code>. After returning, the length
   * of <code>bytes</code> (<code>bytes.length</code>) must be equal to
   * <code>length</code>. Implementations of this method are free to resize
   * <code>bytes</code> depending on their needs.
   *
   * @param in the input that stores the compressed stream
   * @param originalLength the length of the original data (before compression)
   * @param offset bytes before this offset do not need to be decompressed
   * @param length bytes after <code>offset+length</code> do not need to be decompressed
   * @param bytes a {@link BytesRef} where to store the decompressed data
   */
  public abstract void decompress(DataInput in, int originalLength, int offset, int length, BytesRef bytes) throws IOException;

  @Override
  public abstract Decompressor clone();

}