001    /*
002     * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
003     * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
004     * distributed with this work for additional information
005     * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
006     * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
007     * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
008     * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
009     *
010     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011     *
012     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
014     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
015     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
016     * limitations under the License.
017     */
018    package org.apache.hadoop.io.compress;
019    
020    import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
021    import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
022    
023    /**
024     * This class encapsulates a codec which can decompress direct bytebuffers.
025     */
026    @InterfaceAudience.Public
027    @InterfaceStability.Evolving
028    public interface DirectDecompressionCodec extends CompressionCodec {
029      /**
030       * Create a new {@link DirectDecompressor} for use by this {@link DirectDecompressionCodec}.
031       * 
032       * @return a new direct decompressor for use by this codec
033       */
034      DirectDecompressor createDirectDecompressor();
035    }