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1   /***
2    * Copyright 2006 Joseph M. Ferner
3    * 
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *    
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package com.fernsroth.easyio;
17  
18  import java.io.IOException;
19  
20  /***
21   * 
22   * @author Joseph M. Ferner (Near Infinity Corporation)
23   */
24  public interface IInputStream {
25  
26      /***
27       * read a single byte.
28       * @return the data read.
29       * @throws IOException 
30       */
31      int read() throws IOException;
32  
33      /***
34       * @param buffer the buffer to put the data in.
35       * @param off the offset into buffer to start reading into.
36       * @param len the length to read.
37       * @return the number of bytes read.
38       * @throws IOException 
39       */
40      int read(byte[] buffer, int off, int len) throws IOException;
41  
42      /***
43       * @param buffer the buffer to read data into.
44       * @return the number of bytes read.
45       * @throws IOException 
46       */
47      int read(byte[] buffer) throws IOException;
48  }