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/*

 * The Original Code is HAT. The Initial Developer of the

 * Original Code is Bill Foote, with contributions from others

 * at JavaSoft/Sun.

 */

package com.sun.tools.hat.internal.parser;

import java.io.IOException;

/**

 * Positionable read only buffer

 *

 * @author A. Sundararajan

 */

public interface ReadBuffer {

    // read methods - only byte array and int primitive types.

    // read position has to be specified always.

    public void  get(long pos, byte[] buf) throws IOException;

    public char  getChar(long pos) throws IOException;

    public byte  getByte(long pos) throws IOException;

    public short getShort(long pos) throws IOException;

    public int   getInt(long pos) throws IOException;

    public long  getLong(long pos) throws IOException;

}