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018package org.apache.hadoop.fs;
019
020import java.io.*;
021
022import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
023import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
024
025/** Stream that permits positional reading. */
026@InterfaceAudience.Public
027@InterfaceStability.Evolving
028public interface PositionedReadable {
029  /**
030   * Read upto the specified number of bytes, from a given
031   * position within a file, and return the number of bytes read. This does not
032   * change the current offset of a file, and is thread-safe.
033   */
034  public int read(long position, byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
035    throws IOException;
036  
037  /**
038   * Read the specified number of bytes, from a given
039   * position within a file. This does not
040   * change the current offset of a file, and is thread-safe.
041   */
042  public void readFully(long position, byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
043    throws IOException;
044  
045  /**
046   * Read number of bytes equalt to the length of the buffer, from a given
047   * position within a file. This does not
048   * change the current offset of a file, and is thread-safe.
049   */
050  public void readFully(long position, byte[] buffer) throws IOException;
051}