add receiver method to TransportLayer

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/TransportLayer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/TransportLayer.kt
index d4a9b12..8778592 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/TransportLayer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/TransportLayer.kt
@@ -47,4 +47,11 @@ interface TransportLayer : Closeable {
      * @throws java.io.IOException if the message could not be correctly received.
      */
     fun receive(length: ULong): Array<UByte>
+
+    /**
+     * Gives the caller a "receiver" (i.e. an instance of Iterable) from which raw data of any length can be read.
+     *
+     * @return The receiver.
+     */
+    fun receiver(): Iterable<UByte>
 }
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