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1   /*
2    *  jDTAUS Core Utilities
3    *  Copyright (C) 2005 Christian Schulte
4    *  <cs@schulte.it>
5    *
6    *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7    *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8    *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9    *  version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
10   *
11   *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12   *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13   *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
14   *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
15   *
16   *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17   *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18   *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
19   *
20   */
21  package org.jdtaus.core.io.util;
22  
23  import java.io.IOException;
24  import org.jdtaus.core.io.FileOperations;
25  
26  /**
27   * Extension to {@code FileOperations} adding support for flushing an instance.
28   *
29   * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a>
30   * @version $JDTAUS: FlushableFileOperations.java 8641 2012-09-27 06:45:17Z schulte $
31   */
32  public interface FlushableFileOperations extends FileOperations
33  {
34      //--FlushableFileOperations-------------------------------------------------
35  
36      /**
37       * Flushes the instance. Must be called at least once after finishing work
38       * with an instance.
39       *
40       * @throws IOException if reading or writing fails.
41       */
42      void flush() throws IOException;
43  
44      //-------------------------------------------------FlushableFileOperations--
45  }