| /* |
| * Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.apache.commons.vfs; |
| |
| import java.io.DataInput; |
| import java.io.DataOutput; |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| import java.io.InputStream; |
| |
| /** |
| * Description |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:imario@apache.org">Mario Ivankovits</a> |
| * @version $Revision$ $Date$ |
| */ |
| public interface RandomAccessContent extends DataOutput, DataInput |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns the current offset in this file. |
| * |
| * @return the offset from the beginning of the file, in bytes, |
| * at which the next read or write occurs. |
| * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs. |
| */ |
| public long getFilePointer() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Sets the file-pointer offset, measured from the beginning of this |
| * file, at which the next read or write occurs. The offset may be |
| * set beyond the end of the file. Setting the offset beyond the end |
| * of the file does not change the file length. The file length will |
| * change only by writing after the offset has been set beyond the end |
| * of the file. |
| * <br/> |
| * <b>Notice: If you use {@link #getInputStream()} you have to reget the InputStream after calling {@link #seek(long)}</b> |
| * |
| * @param pos the offset position, measured in bytes from the |
| * beginning of the file, at which to set the file |
| * pointer. |
| * @throws IOException if <code>pos</code> is less than |
| * <code>0</code> or if an I/O error occurs. |
| */ |
| public void seek(long pos) throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the length of this file. |
| * |
| * @return the length of this file, measured in bytes. |
| * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs. |
| */ |
| public long length() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Closes this random access file stream and releases any system |
| * resources associated with the stream. A closed random access |
| * file cannot perform input or output operations and cannot be |
| * reopened. |
| * <p/> |
| * <p> If this file has an associated channel then the channel is closed |
| * as well. |
| * |
| * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs. |
| */ |
| public void close() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * get the inputstream interface |
| * <br/> |
| * <b>Notice: If you use {@link #seek(long)} you have to reget the InputStream</b> |
| * @return |
| */ |
| public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException; |
| } |