yacy_search_server/source/net/yacy/kelondro/io/Reader.java

// Reader.java 
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// (C) 2009 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net
// first published on http://yacy.net
// Frankfurt, Germany, 09.09.2009
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// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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package net.yacy.kelondro.io;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

public interface Reader {

	// logging support
    public String name();
    public File   file();
    
    // pseudo-native methods:
    public long length() throws IOException;
    public long available() throws IOException;
    
    public void readFully(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;
    
    public void seek(long pos) throws IOException;
    public void close() throws IOException;

    // derived methods:
    public byte[] readFully() throws IOException;
    
    public short readShort() throws IOException;
    public int readInt() throws IOException;
    public long readLong() throws IOException;
    
}