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package org.hibernate.jpa.boot.spi;

import java.io.InputStream;

Contract for building InputStreams, especially in on-demand situations
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Contract for building InputStreams, especially in on-demand situations
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface InputStreamAccess {
	
Get the name of the resource backing the stream
Returns:
The backing resource name/**
	 * Get the name of the resource backing the stream
	 *
	 * @return The backing resource name
	 */
	public String getStreamName();

	
Get access to the stream.  Can be called multiple times, a different stream instance should be returned each time.
Returns:
The stream/**
	 * Get access to the stream.  Can be called multiple times, a different stream instance should be returned each time.
	 *
	 * @return The stream
	 */
	public InputStream accessInputStream();

	
Deprecated:
Needed until we can remove NamedInputStream/**
	 * @deprecated Needed until we can remove NamedInputStream
	 */
	public NamedInputStream asNamedInputStream();
}