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package eu.stratosphere.core.memory;
/**
* Interface marking a {@link DataOutputView} as seekable. Seekable views can set the position where they
* write to.
*/
public interface SeekableDataOutputView extends DataOutputView {
/**
* Sets the write pointer to the given position.
*
* @param position The new write position.
*
* @throws IOException Thrown, if any I/O related problem occurred such that the output could not
* be sought to the desired position.
*/
public void setWritePosition(long position);
}