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package eu.stratosphere.nephele.services.memorymanager;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface marking a {@link DataOutputView} as seekable. Seekable views can set the position where they
 * write to.
 */
public interface SeekableDataOutputView extends DataOutputView {
	
	/**
	 * Sets the write pointer to the given position.
	 * 
	 * @param position The new write position.
	 * 
	 * @throws IOException Thrown, if any I/O related problem occurred such that the output could not
	 *                     be sought to the desired position.
	 */
	public void setWritePosition(long position);
}
