/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2014 Bruno Medeiros and other Contributors.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Bruno Medeiros - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package melnorme.utilbox.misc;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
/**
* A byte sequence, similar to a byte array.
* Sometimes used instead of byte array for performance reasons (hiding internal buffers).
*/
public interface IByteSequence {
public int byteAt(int index);
public int getCount();
public String toString(Charset charset);
default String toUtf8String() {
return toString(StringUtil.UTF8);
}
public byte[] toByteArray();
}