ByteArray.java

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package org.elasticsearch.common.util;

import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;

/**
 * Abstraction of an array of byte values.
 */
public interface ByteArray extends BigArray {

    /**
     * Get an element given its index.
     */
    byte get(long index);

    /**
     * Set a value at the given index and return the previous value.
     */
    byte set(long index, byte value);

    /**
     * Get a reference to a slice.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> when a byte[] was materialized, <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    boolean get(long index, int len, BytesRef ref);

    /**
     * Bulk set.
     */
    void set(long index, byte[] buf, int offset, int len);

    /**
     * Fill slots between <code>fromIndex</code> inclusive to <code>toIndex</code> exclusive with <code>value</code>.
     */
    void fill(long fromIndex, long toIndex, byte value);

}