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package org.apache.flink.core.memory;


import org.apache.flink.annotation.Public;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.IOException;


/**
 * This interface defines a view over some memory that can be used to sequentially read the contents of the memory.
 * The view is typically backed by one or more {@link org.apache.flink.core.memory.MemorySegment}.
 */
@Public
public interface DataInputView extends DataInput {
	
	/**
	 * Skips {@code numBytes} bytes of memory. In contrast to the {@link #skipBytes(int)} method,
	 * this method always skips the desired number of bytes or throws an {@link java.io.EOFException}.
	 * 
	 * @param numBytes The number of bytes to skip.
	 * 
	 * @throws IOException Thrown, if any I/O related problem occurred such that the input could not
	 *                     be advanced to the desired position.
	 */
	public void skipBytesToRead(int numBytes) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Reads up to {@code len} bytes of memory and stores it into {@code b} starting at offset {@code off}.
	 * It returns the number of read bytes or -1 if there is no more data left.
	 *
	 * @param b byte array to store the data to
	 * @param off offset into byte array
	 * @param len byte length to read
	 * @return the number of actually read bytes of -1 if there is no more data left
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Tries to fill the given byte array {@code b}. Returns the actually number of read bytes or -1 if there is no
	 * more data.
	 *
	 * @param b byte array to store the data to
	 * @return the number of read bytes or -1 if there is no more data left
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public int read(byte[] b) throws IOException;
}