src/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/Closeable.java

/**
 * Copyright 2006 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
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package org.apache.hadoop.io;

import java.io.IOException;

// NOTE: Replace with java.io.Closeable when we upgrade to Java 1.5.

/** That which can be closed. */
public interface Closeable {
  /** Called after the last call to any other method on this object to free
   * and/or flush resources.  Typical implementations do nothing. */
  void close() throws IOException;
}