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 * Copyright (C) 2009 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package com.google.common.io;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An extension of {@code DataInput} for reading from in-memory byte arrays; its methods offer
 * identical functionality but do not throw {@link IOException}.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> The caller is responsible for not attempting to read past the end of the
 * array. If any method encounters the end of the array prematurely, it throws {@link
 * IllegalStateException} to signify <i>programmer error</i>. This behavior is a technical violation
 * of the supertype's contract, which specifies a checked exception.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtIncompatible
public interface ByteArrayDataInput extends DataInput {
  @Override
  void readFully(byte b[]);

  @Override
  void readFully(byte b[], int off, int len);

  // not guaranteed to skip n bytes so result should NOT be ignored
  // use ByteStreams.skipFully or one of the read methods instead
  @Override
  int skipBytes(int n);

   // to skip a byte
  @Override
  boolean readBoolean();

   // to skip a byte
  @Override
  byte readByte();

   // to skip a byte
  @Override
  int readUnsignedByte();

   // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  short readShort();

   // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  int readUnsignedShort();

   // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  char readChar();

   // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  int readInt();

   // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  long readLong();

   // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  float readFloat();

   // to skip some bytes
  @Override
  double readDouble();

   // to skip a line
  @Override
  String readLine();

   // to skip a field
  @Override
  String readUTF();
}
