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sources/main/java/com/google/common/io/OutputSupplier.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.common.io;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * A factory for writable streams of bytes or characters.
+ *
+ * @author Chris Nokleberg
+ * @since 1.0
+ * @deprecated For {@code OutputSupplier<? extends OutputStream>}, use
+ *             {@link ByteSink} instead. For
+ *             {@code OutputSupplier<? extends Writer>}, use {@link CharSink}.
+ *             Implementations of {@code OutputSupplier} that don't fall into
+ *             one of those categories do not benefit from any of the methods in
+ *             {@code common.io} and should use a different interface. This
+ *             interface is scheduled for removal in June 2015.
+ */
+@Deprecated
+public interface OutputSupplier<T> {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an object that encapsulates a writable resource.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Like {@link Iterable#iterator}, this method may be called repeatedly to get
+	 * independent channels to the same underlying resource.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Where the channel maintains a position within the resource, moving that
+	 * cursor within one channel should not affect the starting position of channels
+	 * returned by other calls.
+	 */
+	T getOutput() throws IOException;
+}