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package org.apache.sling.distribution.packaging;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import aQute.bnd.annotation.ProviderType;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * A distribution package
 */
@ProviderType
public interface DistributionPackage {

    /**
     * get package id. the id is a unique string that can be used to identify the package
     *
     * @return the package id
     */
    @NotNull
    String getId();

    /**
     * get the type of package
     *
     * @return the package type
     */
    @NotNull
    String getType();

    /**
     * creates a package stream.
     * a new stream is created for each call and it is the caller's obligation to close the stream.
     *
     * @return an {@link InputStream}
     * @throws IOException
     */
    @NotNull
    InputStream createInputStream() throws IOException;

    /**
     *
     * @return the size in bytes
     */
    long getSize();

    /**
     * closes all resources associated with this instance
     */
    void close();

    /**
     * releases all resources associated with this package
     */
    void delete();

    /**
     * gets an additional info holder for this package.
     * The additional info object contains control information rather than content information.
     * For example info.origin can be used to skip distributing back to the originating endpoint.
     *
     * @return the associated metadata to this package
     */
    @NotNull
    DistributionPackageInfo getInfo();

}