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Copyright (c) 2007, Dennis M. Sosnoski.
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*/

package org.jibx.runtime.impl;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface used to enhance an output stream with a separate method for writing
 * the last chunk of data in a message. This is useful when working with a
 * chunking transport layer, so that the output stream knows which particular
 * write operation is the last one in the sequence.
 *
 * @author Dennis M. Sosnoski
 */
public interface IChunkedOutput
{
    /**
     * Normal write from byte array. This method is included only to make it
     * clear that the {@link #writeFinal(byte[], int, int)} is an alternative to
     * the normal write.
     * 
     * @param b byte array
     * @param off starting offset
     * @param len number of bytes to write
     * @throws IOException on write error
     */
    void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Write last data chunk from byte array. This method finishes output. It is
     * an error if any further write operations (using either the {@link
     * #write(byte[], int, int)} method defined in this interface, or any of the
     * other <code>java.io.OutputStream</code> methods) are executed after the
     * call to this method.
     *
     * @param b byte array
     * @param off starting offset
     * @param len number of bytes to write
     * @throws IOException on write error
     */
    void writeFinal(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;
}