001/*
002 * Copyright (C) 2012 eXo Platform SAS.
003 *
004 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
005 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
006 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
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008 *
009 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
010 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
011 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
012 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
013 *
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016 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
017 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
018 */
019
020package org.crsh.util;
021
022import java.io.IOException;
023import java.io.InputStream;
024
025/** @author <a href="mailto:julien.viet@exoplatform.com">Julien Viet</a> */
026public interface InputStreamFactory {
027
028  /**
029   * Open the stream.
030   *
031   * @return the stream
032   * @throws IOException any io exception that would prevent the stream to be opened
033   */
034  InputStream open() throws IOException;
035
036}