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package org.apache.avro.file;
import java.io.IOException;
public interface Syncable {
/**
* Sync the file to disk. On supported platforms, this method behaves like
* POSIX <code>fsync</code> and syncs all underlying OS buffers for this
* file descriptor to disk. On these platforms, if this method returns,
* the data written to this instance is guaranteed to be persisted on disk.
*
* @throws IOException - if an error occurred while attempting to sync the
* data to disk.
*/
void sync() throws IOException;
}