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package org.apache.hc.core5.http.nio;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hc.core5.concurrent.FutureCallback;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.EntityDetails;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpException;

/**
 * Abstract asynchronous message entity consumer.
 *
 * @param <T> entity representation.
 *
 * @since 5.0
 */
public interface AsyncEntityConsumer<T> extends AsyncDataConsumer {

    /**
     * Signals beginning of an incoming request entity stream.
     *
     * @param entityDetails the details of the incoming message entity.
     * @param resultCallback the result callback.
     * @throws HttpException in case of an HTTP protocol violation.
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error.
     */
    void streamStart(EntityDetails entityDetails, FutureCallback<T> resultCallback) throws HttpException, IOException;

    /**
     * Triggered to signal a failure in data processing.
     *
     * @param cause the cause of the failure.
     */
    void failed(Exception cause);

    /**
     * Returns the result of entity processing when it becomes available or {@code null}
     * if the entity is still being received.
     *
     * @return the response processing result.
     */
    T getContent();

}
