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package org.biojava.utils.io;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* This interface provides a collective name for IO classes that implement a
* seek function (e.g., {@link java.io.RandomAccessFile}).
*
* @author Rhett Sutphin (UI CBCB)
*/
public interface Seekable {
/**
* Moves the pointer in the inputstream such that the byte starting at
* pos
are returned by the next read.
* @param pos the position to which to seek
* @throws IOException when there's an I/O problem
*/
public void seek(long pos) throws IOException;
}