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package format

import (
	"github.com/matttproud/prometheus/model"
	"io"
)

// Processor is responsible for decoding the actual message responses from
// stream into a format that can be consumed with the end result written
// to the results channel.
type Processor interface {
	// Process performs the work on the input and closes the incoming stream.
	Process(stream io.ReadCloser, baseLabels model.LabelSet, results chan Result) (err error)
}