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package org.apache.hadoop.fs;

import java.io.*;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/** Stream that permits positional reading. */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface PositionedReadable {
  /**
   * Read upto the specified number of bytes, from a given
   * position within a file, and return the number of bytes read. This does not
   * change the current offset of a file, and is thread-safe.
   */
  public int read(long position, byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
    throws IOException;
  
  /**
   * Read the specified number of bytes, from a given
   * position within a file. This does not
   * change the current offset of a file, and is thread-safe.
   */
  public void readFully(long position, byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
    throws IOException;
  
  /**
   * Read number of bytes equalt to the length of the buffer, from a given
   * position within a file. This does not
   * change the current offset of a file, and is thread-safe.
   */
  public void readFully(long position, byte[] buffer) throws IOException;
}