SeekableSource.java

/*
 * SeekableSource.java
 *
 * Created on May 17, 2006, 12:33 PM
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Heiko Klein
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package net.minecraftforge.fml.repackage.com.nothome.delta;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * For sources of random-access data, such as {@link RandomAccessFile}.
 */
public interface SeekableSource extends Closeable {
    
    /**
     * Sets the position for the next {@link #read(ByteBuffer)}.
     */
    void seek(long pos) throws IOException ;
    
    /**
     * Reads up to {@link ByteBuffer#remaining()} bytes from the source,
     * returning the number of bytes read, or -1 if no bytes were read
     * and EOF was reached.
     */
    int read(ByteBuffer bb) throws IOException;
    
}