From 44be6e6cd7671dd243056107ffa6201504f7fbce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Culkin <scorpress@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:50:38 -0400
Subject: Update a number of things

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 src/main/java/bjc/esodata/Spooler.java | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/main/java/bjc/esodata/Spooler.java

(limited to 'src/main/java/bjc/esodata/Spooler.java')

diff --git a/src/main/java/bjc/esodata/Spooler.java b/src/main/java/bjc/esodata/Spooler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cf415a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/bjc/esodata/Spooler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package bjc.esodata;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a 'spool' facility for gathering batches of input together to be
+ * processed.
+ * 
+ * @author bjcul
+ *
+ * @param <T> The type of data held in the spools
+ */
+public interface Spooler<T> {
+	/**
+	 * Register a pre-existing spool with this spooler.
+	 * 
+	 * @param spool The spool to register
+	 */
+	public void registerSpool(Spool<T> spool);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get a consumer belonging to a new anonymous spool.
+	 * 
+	 * @return A new anonymous spool.
+	 */
+	public Consumer<T> getInput();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the output for a unprocessed spool.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The output for a unprocessed spool.
+	 */
+	public Iterator<T> getOutput();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get an unprocessed spool.
+	 * 
+	 * @return An unprocessed spool
+	 */
+	public Spool<T> getSpool();
+}
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