Flushable.java

package java.io;

/*
 * %W% %E%
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A <tt>Flushable</tt> is a destination of data that can be flushed.  The
 * flush method is invoked to write any buffered output to the underlying
 * stream.
 *
 * @version %I% %E%
 * @since 1.5
 */

public interface Flushable {

    /**
     * Flushes this stream by writing any buffered output to the underlying
     * stream.
     *
     * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
     */
    void flush() throws IOException;
}