IPcapInput (java_pcap API)

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

PcapInputNio, PcapngInputNio
```
public interface IPcapInput
extends java.io.Closeable
```
A stream api to retrieve packets from the file.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Block`	`nextBlock()`	Returns the next packet block.
`java.lang.String`	`type()`	Returns the type of the file.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
close

- Method Detail
  - type
```
java.lang.String type()
```
    Returns the type of the file.
    
    Returns:
    
    type of the file.
  - nextBlock
```
Block nextBlock()
         throws java.io.IOException
```
    Returns the next packet block.
    
    Returns:
    
    next packet block in the file, or null if there is no more.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if anything went wrong with underlying IO operations.