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package org.eclipse.jgit.storage.pack;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.MissingObjectException;
import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException;
import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectReader;
import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevObject;

/**
 * Extension of {@link ObjectReader} that supports reusing objects in packs.
 * <p>
 * {@code ObjectReader} implementations may also optionally implement this
 * interface to support {@link PackWriter} with a means of copying an object
 * that is already in pack encoding format directly into the output stream,
 * without incurring decompression and recompression overheads.
 */
public interface ObjectReuseAsIs {
	/**
	 * Allocate a new {@code PackWriter} state structure for an object.
	 * <p>
	 * {@link PackWriter} allocates these objects to keep track of the
	 * per-object state, and how to load the objects efficiently into the
	 * generated stream. Implementers may subclass this type with additional
	 * object state, such as to remember what file and offset contains the
	 * object's pack encoded data.
	 *
	 * @param obj
	 *            identity of the object that will be packed. The object's
	 *            parsed status is undefined here. Implementers must not rely on
	 *            the object being parsed.
	 * @return a new instance for this object.
	 */
	public ObjectToPack newObjectToPack(RevObject obj);

	/**
	 * Select the best object representation for a packer.
	 * <p>
	 * Implementations should iterate through all available representations of
	 * an object, and pass them in turn to the PackWriter though
	 * {@link PackWriter#select(ObjectToPack, StoredObjectRepresentation)} so
	 * the writer can select the most suitable representation to reuse into the
	 * output stream.
	 *
	 * @param packer
	 *            the packer that will write the object in the near future.
	 * @param otp
	 *            the object to pack.
	 * @throws MissingObjectException
	 *             there is no representation available for the object, as it is
	 *             no longer in the repository. Packing will abort.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             the repository cannot be accessed. Packing will abort.
	 */
	public void selectObjectRepresentation(PackWriter packer, ObjectToPack otp)
			throws IOException, MissingObjectException;

	/**
	 * Output a previously selected representation.
	 * <p>
	 * {@code PackWriter} invokes this method only if a representation
	 * previously given to it by {@code selectObjectRepresentation} was chosen
	 * for reuse into the output stream. The {@code otp} argument is an instance
	 * created by this reader's own {@code newObjectToPack}, and the
	 * representation data saved within it also originated from this reader.
	 * <p>
	 * Implementors must write the object header before copying the raw data to
	 * the output stream. The typical implementation is like:
	 *
	 * <pre>
	 * MyToPack mtp = (MyToPack) otp;
	 * byte[] raw = validate(mtp); // throw SORNAE here, if at all
	 * out.writeHeader(mtp, mtp.inflatedSize);
	 * out.write(raw);
	 * </pre>
	 *
	 * @param out
	 *            stream the object should be written to.
	 * @param otp
	 *            the object's saved representation information.
	 * @throws StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException
	 *             the previously selected representation is no longer
	 *             available. If thrown before {@code out.writeHeader} the pack
	 *             writer will try to find another representation, and write
	 *             that one instead. If throw after {@code out.writeHeader},
	 *             packing will abort.
	 * @throws IOException
	 *             the stream's write method threw an exception. Packing will
	 *             abort.
	 */
	public void copyObjectAsIs(PackOutputStream out, ObjectToPack otp)
			throws IOException, StoredObjectRepresentationNotAvailableException;
}
