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/* * Copyright (C) 2011 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.hash; import com.google.common.annotations.Beta; import java.io.Serializable; /** * An object which can send data from an object of type {@code T} into a {@code PrimitiveSink}. * Implementations for common types can be found in {@link Funnels}. * * <p>Note that serialization of {@linkplain BloomFilter bloom filters} requires the proper * serialization of funnels. When possible, it is recommended that funnels be implemented as a * single-element enum to maintain serialization guarantees. See Effective Java (2nd Edition), * Item 3: "Enforce the singleton property with a private constructor or an enum type". For example: * <pre> {@code * public enum PersonFunnel implements Funnel<Person> { * INSTANCE; * public void funnel(Person person, PrimitiveSink into) { * into.putUnencodedChars(person.getFirstName()) * .putUnencodedChars(person.getLastName()) * .putInt(person.getAge()); * } * }}</pre> * * @author Dimitris Andreou * @since 11.0 */ @Beta public interface Funnel<T> extends Serializable { /** * Sends a stream of data from the {@code from} object into the sink {@code into}. There * is no requirement that this data be complete enough to fully reconstitute the object * later. * * @since 12.0 (in Guava 11.0, {@code PrimitiveSink} was named {@code Sink}) */ void funnel(T from, PrimitiveSink into); }