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| package org.apache.james.mime4j.util; |
| |
| /** |
| * An immutable sequence of bytes. |
| */ |
| public interface ByteSequence { |
| |
| /** |
| * An empty byte sequence. |
| */ |
| ByteSequence EMPTY = new EmptyByteSequence(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the length of this byte sequence. |
| * |
| * @return the number of <code>byte</code>s in this sequence. |
| */ |
| int length(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the <code>byte</code> value at the specified index. |
| * |
| * @param index |
| * the index of the <code>byte</code> value to be returned. |
| * @return the corresponding <code>byte</code> value |
| * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException |
| * if <code>index < 0 || index >= length()</code>. |
| */ |
| byte byteAt(int index); |
| |
| /** |
| * Copies the contents of this byte sequence into a newly allocated byte |
| * array and returns that array. |
| * |
| * @return a byte array holding a copy of this byte sequence. |
| */ |
| byte[] toByteArray(); |
| |
| } |