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*/
package com.bigdata.rawstore;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* Interface for reading and writing streams on a persistence store.
*
* @see <a href="https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/bigdata/ticket/555" > Support
* PSOutputStream/InputStream at IRawStore </a>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:thompsonbry@users.sourceforge.net">Bryan Thompson</a>
*/
public interface IStreamStore {
/**
* Return an output stream which can be used to write on the backing store.
* You can recover the address used to read back the data from the
* {@link IPSOutputStream}.
*
* @return The output stream.
*/
public IPSOutputStream getOutputStream();
/**
* Return an input stream from which a previously written stream may be read
* back.
*
* @param addr
* The address at which the stream was written.
*
* @return an input stream for the data for provided address
*/
public InputStream getInputStream(long addr);
}