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package org.apache.jmeter.report.core;

import java.io.Closeable;

/**
 * Describes sample writer basic operations.<br>
 * <br>
 * Basically a sample writer is able to write samples to an unknown destination
 * and close itself. <br>
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
abstract public class SampleWriter implements Closeable {

    /**
     * Write a sample to the underlying destination
     *
     * @param sample
     *            The sample to be written (Must not be {@code null})
     * @return The number of samples written at this time to the underlying
     *         destination
     */
    abstract public long write(Sample sample);
}
