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| * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the |
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| * |
| * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
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| */ |
| package org.apache.avro.file; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| public interface Syncable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Sync the file to disk. On supported platforms, this method behaves like POSIX |
| * <code>fsync</code> and syncs all underlying OS buffers for this file |
| * descriptor to disk. On these platforms, if this method returns, the data |
| * written to this instance is guaranteed to be persisted on disk. |
| * |
| * @throws IOException - if an error occurred while attempting to sync the data |
| * to disk. |
| */ |
| void sync() throws IOException; |
| } |