com.timeindexing.io
Interface IndexHeaderReader

All Known Subinterfaces:

HeaderFileInteractor

All Known Implementing Classes:

IndexDecoder, IndexHeaderIO

public interface IndexHeaderReader

An index header reader This is the generic interface to an index reader.

Method Summary

long	close() Close an index header reader.
boolean	isOpen() Is the index header open
boolean	open(java.lang.String filename) Open an index header
long	read() Read an index header from the header stream.

Method Detail

open

boolean open(java.lang.String filename)
             throws java.io.IOException

Open an index header

Throws:

java.io.IOException

isOpen

boolean isOpen()

Is the index header open

read

long read()
          throws java.io.IOException

Read an index header from the header stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

close

long close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Close an index header reader.

Throws:

java.io.IOException