CompressionOutputStream.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.io.compress;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * A compression output stream.
 */
public abstract class CompressionOutputStream extends OutputStream {
  /**
   * The output stream to be compressed. 
   */
  protected final OutputStream out;
  
  /**
   * Create a compression output stream that writes
   * the compressed bytes to the given stream.
   * @param out
   */
  protected CompressionOutputStream(OutputStream out) {
    this.out = out;
  }
  
  public void close() throws IOException {
    finish();
    out.close();
  }
  
  public void flush() throws IOException {
    out.flush();
  }
  
  /**
   * Write compressed bytes to the stream.
   * Made abstract to prevent leakage to underlying stream.
   */
  public abstract void write(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Finishes writing compressed data to the output stream 
   * without closing the underlying stream.
   */
  public abstract void finish() throws IOException;
  
  /**
   * Reset the compression to the initial state. 
   * Does not reset the underlying stream.
   */
  public abstract void resetState() throws IOException;

}