/*
* Copyright (C) 2002-2011 XimpleWare, info@ximpleware.com
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
package com.ximpleware;
/**
* Abstract XML document storage interface.
*/
public interface IByteBuffer {
/**
* Get the byte at the given index of the underlying byte storage.
*
* @return byte
*/
byte byteAt(int index);
/**
* Return a byte array filled with content from underlying byte storage.
*
* @return byte[]
* @param offset
* int bytes offset (not UTF char unit)
* @param len
* int
*/
byte[] getBytes(int offset, int len);
/**
* Total size in terms of # of bytes.
*
* @return int
*/
int length();
// get the whole XML
byte[] getBytes();
}