org.biojava.utils.io

Interface Seekable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ABIFParser.DataAccess

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingInputStream

public interface Seekable

This interface provides a collective name for IO classes that implement a seek function (e.g., RandomAccessFile).

Author:

Rhett Sutphin (UI CBCB)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	seek(long pos) Moves the pointer in the inputstream such that the byte starting at pos are returned by the next read.

Method Detail

seek

void seek(long pos)
          throws IOException

Moves the pointer in the inputstream such that the byte starting at pos are returned by the next read.

Parameters:

pos - the position to which to seek

Throws:

IOException - when there's an I/O problem