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    019
    020package org.apache.commons.compress.parallel;
    021
    022import java.io.InputStream;
    023
    024/**
    025 * Supplies input streams.
    026 *
    027 * Implementations are required to support thread-handover. While an instance will
    028 * not be accessed concurrently by multiple threads, it will be called by
    029 * a different thread than it was created on.
    030 *
    031 * @since 1.10
    032 */
    033public interface InputStreamSupplier {
    034
    035    /**
    036     * Supplies an input stream for a resource.
    037     *
    038     * @return the input stream. Should never be null, but may be an empty stream.
    039     */
    040    InputStream get();
    041}