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package org.apache.sanselan.common.byteSources;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.apache.sanselan.common.BinaryFileFunctions;

public abstract class ByteSource extends BinaryFileFunctions
{
    protected final String filename;

    public ByteSource(final String filename)
    {
        this.filename = filename;
    }

    public final InputStream getInputStream(int start) throws IOException
    {
        InputStream is = getInputStream();

        skipBytes(is, start);

        return is;
    }

    public abstract InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;

    public abstract byte[] getBlock(int start, int length) throws IOException;

    public abstract byte[] getAll() throws IOException;

    /*
     * This operation can be VERY expensive; for inputstream
     * byte sources, the entire stream must be drained to
     * determine its length.
     */
    public abstract long getLength() throws IOException;

    //
    //    public byte[] getAll() throws IOException
    //    {
    //        return getBlock(0, (int) getLength());
    //    }

    public abstract String getDescription();

    public final String getFilename()
    {
        return filename;
    }
}