1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) 2009, Constantine Plotnikov <constantine.plotnikov@gmail.com>
3 * Copyright (C) 2009, JetBrains s.r.o.
4 * Copyright (C) 2008, Mike Ralphson <mike@abacus.co.uk>
5 * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> and others
6 *
7 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
8 * terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
9 * https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
10 *
11 * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
12 */
13
14 package org.eclipse.jgit.transport;
15
16 /**
17 * Marker interface for an object transport walking transport.
18 * <p>
19 * Implementations of WalkTransport transfer individual objects one at a time
20 * from the loose objects directory, or entire packs if the source side does not
21 * have the object as a loose object.
22 * <p>
23 * WalkTransports are not as efficient as
24 * {@link org.eclipse.jgit.transport.PackTransport} instances, but can be useful
25 * in situations where a pack transport is not acceptable.
26 *
27 * @see WalkFetchConnection
28 */
29 public interface WalkTransport {
30 // no methods in marker interface
31 }