1 2 /* ==================================================================== 3 Copyright 2002-2004 Apache Software Foundation 4 5 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 6 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7 You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 9 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 11 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 limitations under the License. 16 ==================================================================== */ 17 18 19 package org.apache.poi.poifs.storage; 20 21 import java.io.IOException; 22 23 /** 24 * An interface for blocks managed by a list that works with a 25 * BlockAllocationTable to keep block sequences straight 26 * 27 * @author Marc Johnson (mjohnson at apache dot org 28 */ 29 30 public interface ListManagedBlock 31 { 32 33 /** 34 * Get the data from the block 35 * 36 * @return the block's data as a byte array 37 * 38 * @exception IOException if there is no data 39 */ 40 41 public byte [] getData() 42 throws IOException; 43 } // end public interface ListManagedBlock 44 45