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package org.apache.fluss.record;

import org.apache.fluss.annotation.Internal;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An abstraction between an underlying input stream and record iterators.
 *
 * <p>The generic typing allows for implementations which present only a view of the log entries,
 * which enables more efficient iteration when the record data is not actually needed. See for
 * example {@link FileLogInputStream.FileChannelLogRecordBatch} in which the record is not brought
 * into memory until needed.
 *
 * @param <T> Type parameter of the log entry
 */
@Internal
public interface LogInputStream<T extends LogRecordBatch> {

    /**
     * Get the next record batch from the underlying input stream.
     *
     * @return The next record batch or null if there is none
     * @throws IOException for any IO errors
     */
    T nextBatch() throws IOException;
}
