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package com.datatorrent.lib.io.fs;

import java.io.FilterOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An encapsulation of the filter stream that provides different methods to handle the stream.
 *
 * @since 2.1.0
 */
public interface FilterStreamContext<F extends FilterOutputStream>
{
  /**
   * Get the underlying filter stream encapsulated by the context
   * @return The filter stream
   */
  public F getFilterStream();

  /**
   * Finalize the context and write any pending data. The context may not be usable after this.
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public void finalizeContext() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Base filter context that can be extended to build custom filters.
   * @param <F> The Filter output stream
   */
  public static abstract class BaseFilterStreamContext<F extends FilterOutputStream> implements FilterStreamContext<F>
  {
    protected F filterStream;

    @Override
    public F getFilterStream()
    {
      return filterStream;
    }

    @Override
    public void finalizeContext() throws IOException
    {
      filterStream.flush();
    }

  }
  
  public static class SimpleFilterStreamContext<F extends FilterOutputStream> extends BaseFilterStreamContext<F>
  {
    public SimpleFilterStreamContext(F filterStream)
    {
      this.filterStream = filterStream;
    }
  }

}

@@ -1680,16 +1680,26 @@
 otected 
+transient 
 F filter

Set filterStream variable to transient