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+/*\r
+\r
+ Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.types.Resetable\r
+\r
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more\r
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with\r
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.\r
+ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0\r
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with\r
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+\r
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+\r
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ limitations under the License.\r
+\r
+ */\r
+\r
+package org.apache.derby.iapi.types;\r
+\r
+import org.apache.derby.iapi.error.StandardException;\r
+import java.io.IOException;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * This is a simple interface that is used by\r
+ * streams that can initialize and reset themselves.\r
+ * The purpose is for the implementation of BLOB/CLOB.\r
+ * It defines a methods that can be used to initialize and reset a stream.\r
+ */\r
+public interface Resetable\r
+{\r
+ /**\r
+ * Reset the stream to the beginning.\r
+ */\r
+ public void resetStream() throws IOException, StandardException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Initialize. Needs to be called first, before a resetable stream can\r
+ * be used.\r
+ *\r
+ */\r
+ public void initStream() throws StandardException;\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Close. Free resources (such as open containers and locks) associated\r
+ * with the stream.\r
+ */\r
+ public void closeStream();\r
+\r
+}\r