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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+package jdk.jfr.internal.consumer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedObject;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordingFile;
+import jdk.jfr.internal.Type;
+
+public abstract class RecordingInternals {
+
+    public static RecordingInternals INSTANCE;
+
+    public abstract boolean isLastEventInChunk(RecordingFile file);
+
+    public abstract Object getOffsetDataTime(RecordedObject event, String name);
+
+    public abstract List<Type> readTypes(RecordingFile file) throws IOException;
+
+    public abstract void sort(List<RecordedEvent> events);
+
+}