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package org.apache.poi.poifs.storage;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * An interface for persisting block storage of POIFS components.
 */
public interface BlockWritable {

    /**
     * Write the storage to an OutputStream
     *
     * @param stream the OutputStream to which the stored data should
     *               be written
     *
     * @exception IOException on problems writing to the specified
     *            stream
     */

    void writeBlocks(final OutputStream stream) throws IOException;
}   // end public interface BlockWritable