surefire-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/api/booter/MasterProcessChannelDecoder.java

package org.apache.maven.surefire.api.booter;

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import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An abstraction for physical decoder of commands. The commands are sent from master Maven process and
 * received by the child forked Surefire process. The session must be open after the MasterProcessChannelDecoderFactory
 * has created the decoder instance. The session can be closed on the decoder instance.
 */
public interface MasterProcessChannelDecoder
    extends AutoCloseable
{
    /**
     * Reads the bytes from a channel, waiting until the command is read completely or
     * the channel throws {@link java.io.EOFException}.
     * <br>
     * This method is called in a single Thread. The constructor can be called within another thread.
     *
     * @return decoded command
     * @throws IOException exception in channel
     */
    @Nonnull Command decode() throws IOException;

    @Override
    void close() throws IOException;
}