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jaroslav@601: 
jaroslav@601: package java.io;
jaroslav@601: 
jaroslav@601: import java.io.IOException;
jaroslav@601: 
jaroslav@601: /**
jaroslav@601:  * A <tt>Flushable</tt> is a destination of data that can be flushed.  The
jaroslav@601:  * flush method is invoked to write any buffered output to the underlying
jaroslav@601:  * stream.
jaroslav@601:  *
jaroslav@601:  * @since 1.5
jaroslav@601:  */
jaroslav@601: 
jaroslav@601: public interface Flushable {
jaroslav@601: 
jaroslav@601:     /**
jaroslav@601:      * Flushes this stream by writing any buffered output to the underlying
jaroslav@601:      * stream.
jaroslav@601:      *
jaroslav@601:      * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurs
jaroslav@601:      */
jaroslav@601:     void flush() throws IOException;
jaroslav@601: }