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package org.apache.coyote;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * Output buffer. This class is used internally by the protocol implementation. All writes from higher level code should
 * happen via Response.doWrite().
 */
public interface OutputBuffer {

    /**
     * Write the given data to the response. The caller owns the chunks.
     *
     * @param chunk data to write
     *
     * @return The number of bytes written which may be less than available in the input chunk
     *
     * @throws IOException an underlying I/O error occurred
     */
    int doWrite(ByteBuffer chunk) throws IOException;


    /**
     * Bytes written to the underlying socket. This includes the effects of chunking, compression, etc.
     *
     * @return Bytes written for the current request
     */
    long getBytesWritten();
}