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package io.netty.buffer.api;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * A processor of {@linkplain WritableComponent writable components}.
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface WritableComponentProcessor<E extends Exception> {
    /**
     * Process the given component at the given index in the
     * {@link Buffer#forEachWritable(int, WritableComponentProcessor)}  iteration}.
     * <p>
     * The component object itself is only valid during this call, but the {@link ByteBuffer byte buffers}, arrays, and
     * native address pointers obtained from it, will be valid until any {@link Buffer#isOwned() ownership} requiring
     * operation is performed on the buffer.
     *
     * @param index     The current index of the given buffer component, based on the initial index passed to the
     * {@link Buffer#forEachWritable(int, WritableComponentProcessor)} method.
     * @param component The current buffer component being processed.
     * @return {@code true} if the iteration should continue and more components should be processed, otherwise
     * {@code false} to stop the iteration early.
     */
    boolean process(int index, WritableComponent component) throws E;
}