1/* 2 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except 5 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 6 * 7 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 8 * 9 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License 10 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express 11 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 12 * the License. 13 */ 14 15package com.google.common.hash; 16 17import com.google.common.annotations.Beta; 18 19/** 20 * An object which can send data from an object of type {@code T} into a {@code Sink}. 21 * 22 * @author Dimitris Andreou 23 * @since 11.0 24 */ 25@Beta 26public interface Funnel<T> { 27 /** 28 * Sends a stream of data from the {@code from} object into the sink {@code into}. There 29 * is no requirement that this data be complete enough to fully reconstitute the object 30 * later. 31 */ 32 void funnel(T from, Sink into); 33} 34