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    017package org.apache.commons.configuration2.io;
    018
    019import java.io.IOException;
    020import java.io.InputStream;
    021
    022import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ex.ConfigurationException;
    023
    024/**
    025 * <p>
    026 * Definition of an interface to be implemented by objects which support reading from an input stream.
    027 * </p>
    028 * <p>
    029 * When reading data using a {@link FileHandler} per default a reader is used as defined by the
    030 * {@link FileBased#read(java.io.Reader)} method. For some configuration formats it is necessary to directly read binary
    031 * data. In order to achieve this, a {@link FileBased} object can also implement this interface. It defines an
    032 * additional {@code read()} method expecting an {@code InputStream} as argument. If the {@code FileHandler} detects
    033 * that its associated {@code FileBased} object implements this interface, it passes the input stream directly rather
    034 * than transforming it to a reader.
    035 * </p>
    036 *
    037 * @since 2.0
    038 */
    039public interface InputStreamSupport {
    040    /**
    041     * Reads the content of this object from the specified {@code InputStream}.
    042     *
    043     * @param in the input stream
    044     * @throws ConfigurationException if a non-I/O related problem occurs, e.g. the data read does not have the expected
    045     *         format
    046     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    047     */
    048    void read(InputStream in) throws ConfigurationException, IOException;
    049}