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2.4 KiB
Java
64 lines
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Java
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/* Closeable.java -- Closeable object
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Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation
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This file is part of GNU Classpath.
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GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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any later version.
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GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
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02110-1301 USA.
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Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
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conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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combination.
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As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
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permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
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modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
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terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
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independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
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module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
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or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
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this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
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obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
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exception statement from your version. */
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package java.io;
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/**
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* A <code>Closeable</code> class represents a stream of
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* data, which can be closed when it is no longer needed.
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* Closing a stream allows the resources it uses to be
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* freed for an alternate use.
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*
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* @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
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* @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
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* @since 1.5
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*/
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public interface Closeable
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{
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/**
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* Closes the stream represented by this class, thus freeing
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* system resources. In that case that the stream is already
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* in the closed state, this method has no effect.
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*
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* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs in closing.
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*/
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void close()
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throws IOException;
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}
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