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package org.teiid.common.buffer;

import java.util.List;

import org.teiid.core.TeiidComponentException;
import org.teiid.core.TeiidProcessingException;


/**
 * <p>A cursored source of tuples.  The implementation will likely be closely
 * bound to a {@link BufferManager} implementation - it will work with it
 * to use {@link TupleBatch TupleBatches} behind the scenes.</p>
 */
public interface TupleSource {

    /**
     * Returns the next tuple
     * @return the next tuple (a List object), or <code>null</code> if
     * there are no more tuples.
     * @throws TeiidComponentException indicating a non-business
     * exception such as a communication exception, or other such
     * nondeterministic exception
     */
	List<?> nextTuple()
		throws TeiidComponentException, TeiidProcessingException;
	
    /**
     * Closes the Tuple Source.  
     */    
	void closeSource();
	
}
