StreamLevelConsumer (Pinot Service Provider Interface 0.12.1 API)

```
@Public
@Stable
public interface StreamLevelConsumer
```
Interface for a consumer that consumes at stream level and is unaware of any partitions of the stream

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`commit()`	Commit the offsets consumed so far The next call to consume should exclude all events consumed before the commit was called, and start from newer events not yet consumed
`GenericRow`	`next(GenericRow destination)`	Get next row from the stream and decode it into a generic row
`void`	`shutdown()`	Shutdown the stream consumer
`void`	`start()`	Initialize and start the stream level consumer

- Method Detail
  - start
```
void start()
    throws Exception
```
    Initialize and start the stream level consumer
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception
  - next
```
GenericRow next(GenericRow destination)
```
    Get next row from the stream and decode it into a generic row
    
    Parameters:
    
    destination -
    
    Returns:
  - commit
```
void commit()
```
    Commit the offsets consumed so far The next call to consume should exclude all events consumed before the commit was called, and start from newer events not yet consumed
  - shutdown
```
void shutdown()
       throws Exception
```
    Shutdown the stream consumer
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception