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package org.exoplatform.services.jcr.core;

import java.io.InputStream;

import javax.jcr.Property;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
import javax.jcr.ValueFormatException;
import javax.jcr.lock.LockException;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.ConstraintViolationException;
import javax.jcr.version.VersionException;

/**
 * Created by The eXo Platform SAS<br>
 *
 * This interface provides advanced methods that are not part of the Property Interface
 * defined in the specification JSR-170.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:peter.nedonosko@exoplatform.com.ua">Peter Nedonosko</a>
 * @version $Id: ExtendedProperty.java 11907 2008-03-13 15:36:21Z ksm $
 * @LevelAPI Experimental
 */
public interface ExtendedProperty extends Property
{

   /**
    * Write binary data portion to the property value data.
    * 
    * @param index
    *          - value index, 0 for first-in-multivalue/single-value, 1 - second etc.
    * @param value
    *          - stream with the data portion
    * @param length
    *          - value bytes count will be written
    * @param position
    *          - position in the property value data from which the value will be written
    */
   void updateValue(int index, InputStream value, long length, long position) throws ValueFormatException,
      VersionException, LockException, ConstraintViolationException, RepositoryException;

}