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package org.jctools.channels;

/**
 * The consumer is the object which controls the reading of messages from a
 * channel. Each consumer should only be assigned to a single thread.
 */
public interface ChannelConsumer {

    /**
     * Read a message from the channel.
     *
     * @return true if a message was read, false otherwise
     */
    boolean read();

}
