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018
019package org.apache.hadoop.fs;
020
021import java.io.IOException;
022
023import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
024import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
025
026@InterfaceAudience.Public
027@InterfaceStability.Evolving
028public interface CanSetDropBehind {
029  /**
030   * Configure whether the stream should drop the cache.
031   *
032   * @param dropCache     Whether to drop the cache.  null means to use the
033   *                      default value.
034   * @throws IOException  If there was an error changing the dropBehind
035   *                      setting.
036   *         UnsupportedOperationException  If this stream doesn't support
037   *                                        setting the drop-behind.
038   */
039  public void setDropBehind(Boolean dropCache) 
040      throws IOException, UnsupportedOperationException;
041}