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/*
* Copyright (C) 2006 Steve Ratcliffe
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
*
* Author: Steve Ratcliffe
* Create date: 02-Dec-2006
*/
package uk.me.parabola.imgfmt.fs;
import java.nio.channels.ByteChannel;
/**
* An extension of ByteChannel that allows us to know the position. It may
* evolve to have several of the methods of the FileChannel class and plays
* a similar role.
*
* @author Steve Ratcliffe
*/
public interface ImgChannel
extends ByteChannel {
/**
* Get the file position. Note that this is a logical position relative
* to the beginning of the file (the file within the .img file, not the
* beginning of the .img file itself).
*
* @return The offset in bytes from the beginning of the file.
*/
public long position
();
/**
* Set the position within the file.
*
* @param pos The position to set.
*/
public void position
(long pos
);
}