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018
019package org.apache.hadoop.io.compress;
020
021import java.io.IOException;
022import java.io.OutputStream;
023
024import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
025import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
026
027/**
028 * A compression output stream.
029 */
030@InterfaceAudience.Public
031@InterfaceStability.Evolving
032public abstract class CompressionOutputStream extends OutputStream {
033  /**
034   * The output stream to be compressed. 
035   */
036  protected final OutputStream out;
037  
038  /**
039   * Create a compression output stream that writes
040   * the compressed bytes to the given stream.
041   * @param out
042   */
043  protected CompressionOutputStream(OutputStream out) {
044    this.out = out;
045  }
046  
047  public void close() throws IOException {
048    finish();
049    out.close();
050  }
051  
052  public void flush() throws IOException {
053    out.flush();
054  }
055  
056  /**
057   * Write compressed bytes to the stream.
058   * Made abstract to prevent leakage to underlying stream.
059   */
060  public abstract void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;
061
062  /**
063   * Finishes writing compressed data to the output stream 
064   * without closing the underlying stream.
065   */
066  public abstract void finish() throws IOException;
067  
068  /**
069   * Reset the compression to the initial state. 
070   * Does not reset the underlying stream.
071   */
072  public abstract void resetState() throws IOException;
073
074}