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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/java/lang/Appendable.java b/libjava/classpath/java/lang/Appendable.java deleted file mode 100644 index c096677..0000000 --- a/libjava/classpath/java/lang/Appendable.java +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -/* Appendable.java -- Something to which characters can be appended - Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation - -This file is part of GNU Classpath. - -GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) -any later version. - -GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but -WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of -MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU -General Public License for more details. - -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License -along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the -Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA -02110-1301 USA. - -Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is -making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and -conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole -combination. - -As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you -permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an -executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent -modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under -terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked -independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that -module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from -or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend -this exception to your version of the library, but you are not -obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this -exception statement from your version. */ - -package java.lang; - -import java.io.IOException; - -/** - * <p> - * An <code>Appendable</code> object is one to which a sequence of Unicode - * characters can be added. The appended characters must be valid Unicode - * characters, and may include supplementary characters, composed of multiple - * 16-bit <code>char</code> values. - * </p> - * <p> - * The behaviour of the <code>Appendable</code> object is heavily dependent - * on the particular implementation being used. Some implementations may be - * thread-safe, while others may not. Likewise, some implementing classes - * may produce errors which aren't propogated to the invoking class, due - * to differences in the error handling used. - * </p> - * <p> - * <strong>Note</strong>: implementation of this interface is required for - * any class that wishes to receive data from a <code>Formatter</code> - * instance. - * </p> - * - * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com) - * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org) - * @since 1.5 - */ -public interface Appendable -{ - - /** - * Appends the Unicode character, c, to this <code>Appendable</code> - * object. - * - * @param c the character to append. - * @return a reference to this object. - * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs. - */ - Appendable append(char c) - throws IOException; - - /** - * Appends the specified sequence of Unicode characters to this - * <code>Appendable</code> object. The entire sequence may not - * be appended, if constrained by the underlying implementation. - * For example, a buffer may reach its size limit before the entire - * sequence is appended. - * - * @param seq the character sequence to append. If seq is null, - * then the string "null" (the string representation of null) - * is appended. - * @return a reference to this object. - * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs. - */ - Appendable append(CharSequence seq) - throws IOException; - - /** - * Appends the specified subsequence of Unicode characters to this - * <code>Appendable</code> object, starting and ending at the specified - * positions within the sequence. The entire sequence may not - * be appended, if constrained by the underlying implementation. - * For example, a buffer may reach its size limit before the entire - * sequence is appended. The behaviour of this method matches the - * behaviour of <code>append(seq.subSequence(start,end))</code> when - * the sequence is not null. - * - * @param seq the character sequence to append. If seq is null, - * then the string "null" (the string representation of null) - * is appended. - * @param start the index of the first Unicode character to use from - * the sequence. - * @param end the index of the last Unicode character to use from the - * sequence. - * @return a reference to this object. - * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs. - * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if either of the indices are negative, - * the start index occurs after the end index, or the end index is - * beyond the end of the sequence. - */ - Appendable append(CharSequence seq, int start, int end) - throws IOException; - -} |
