net.sf.mmm.util.io.api.spi
Interface DetectorStreamProcessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProcessableDetectorInputStream.WrapperInputStream, ProcessableDetectorOutputStream.WrapperOutputStream

public interface DetectorStreamProcessor

This is the interface for a processor that can be plugged into a DetectorStream. Such DetectorStream holds a chain of DetectorStreamProcessors and routes the stream data through this chain.
At the head of this chain is the producer of the data (the native InputStream or the caller that wants to write to the wrapped OutputStream). The end of the chain is the consumer of the data (the native OutputStream or caller that wants to read from the wrapped InputStream).
An implementation of this interface can detect information (typically metadata) from the streamed data. Additionally it is possible to manipulate the streamed data by removing data from the stream and/or inserting new data into the stream.

Since:

1.1.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

See Also:

DetectorStream, DetectorStreamProcessorFactory

Method Summary

void	process(DetectorStreamBuffer buffer, Map<String,Object> metadata, boolean eos) This method performs the actual detection and optionally manipulates the data.

Method Detail

process

void process(DetectorStreamBuffer buffer,
             Map<String,Object> metadata,
             boolean eos)
             throws IOException

This method performs the actual detection and optionally manipulates the data. All this happens via the given buffer that provides access to read buffered parts of the stream. As streams are typically larger pieces of data, this method will be called repetitive in order to process the entire stream.
ATTENTION:
A legal implementation of this interface has to consume data from the given buffer whenever it is invoked. To ensure your implementation can always make an appropriate decision it may have to ensure a specific lookahead.

Parameters:

buffer - allows you to read parts of the streamed data as well as to manipulate the data.

metadata - is the Map with the meta-data.

eos - - true if the end of the stream has been reached and the given buffer has to be

Throws:

IOException - in case of an Input/Output error. Should only be used internally.