Package 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

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    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 Details

    • 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