001/* 002 * jDTAUS Core Utilities 003 * Copyright (C) 2005 Christian Schulte 004 * <cs@schulte.it> 005 * 006 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 007 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 008 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 009 * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. 010 * 011 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 015 * 016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 017 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 018 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA 019 * 020 */ 021package org.jdtaus.core.io.util; 022 023import java.io.IOException; 024import org.jdtaus.core.io.FileOperations; 025 026/** 027 * Extension to {@code FileOperations} adding support for flushing an instance. 028 * 029 * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a> 030 * @version $JDTAUS: FlushableFileOperations.java 8641 2012-09-27 06:45:17Z schulte $ 031 */ 032public interface FlushableFileOperations extends FileOperations 033{ 034 //--FlushableFileOperations------------------------------------------------- 035 036 /** 037 * Flushes the instance. Must be called at least once after finishing work 038 * with an instance. 039 * 040 * @throws IOException if reading or writing fails. 041 */ 042 void flush() throws IOException; 043 044 //-------------------------------------------------FlushableFileOperations-- 045}