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package org.apache.lucene.codecs.compressing;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.store.DataInput;
import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;

/**
 * A decompressor.
 */
public abstract class Decompressor implements Cloneable {

    /** Sole constructor, typically called from sub-classes. */
    protected Decompressor() {
    }

    /**
     * Decompress bytes that were stored between offsets <code>offset</code> and
     * <code>offset+length</code> in the original stream from the compressed
     * stream <code>in</code> to <code>bytes</code>. After returning, the length
     * of <code>bytes</code> (<code>bytes.length</code>) must be equal to
     * <code>length</code>. Implementations of this method are free to resize
     * <code>bytes</code> depending on their needs.
     *
     * @param in the input that stores the compressed stream
     * @param originalLength the length of the original data (before compression)
     * @param offset bytes before this offset do not need to be decompressed
     * @param length bytes after <code>offset+length</code> do not need to be decompressed
     * @param bytes a {@link BytesRef} where to store the decompressed data
     */
    public abstract void decompress(DataInput in, int originalLength, int offset, int length, BytesRef bytes)
            throws IOException;

    @Override
    public abstract Decompressor clone();

}