pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/io/RandomAccess.java

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package org.apache.pdfbox.io;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An interface to allow PDF files to be stored completely in memory or
 * to use a scratch file on the disk.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:ben@benlitchfield.com">Ben Litchfield</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 */
public interface RandomAccess extends RandomAccessRead
{

    /**
     * Write a byte to the stream.
     *
     * @param b The byte to write.
     * @throws IOException If there is an IO error while writing.
     */
    public void write(int b) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Write a buffer of data to the stream.
     *
     * @param b The buffer to get the data from.
     * @param offset An offset into the buffer to get the data from.
     * @param length The length of data to write.
     * @throws IOException If there is an error while writing the data.
     */
    public void write(byte[] b, int offset, int length) throws IOException;

}