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