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module com {  module sun {  module star {  module io {

/** This is the basic interface to write data to a stream.
    <p>
    See the <a href="http://udk.openoffice.org/common/man/concept/streams.html">
    streaming document</a> for further information on chaining and piping streams.
 */
published interface XOutputStream: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
{
    /** writes the whole sequence to the stream. (blocking call)
     */
    void writeBytes( [in] sequence<byte> aData )
            raises( com::sun::star::io::NotConnectedException,
                    com::sun::star::io::BufferSizeExceededException,
                    com::sun::star::io::IOException);

    /** flushes out of the stream any data that may exist in buffers.

        <p>The semantics of this method are rather vague.  See
        com::sun::star::io::XAsyncOutputMonitor::waitForCompletion()
        for a similar method
        with very specific semantics, that is useful in certain scenarios.</p>
     */
    void flush()
            raises( com::sun::star::io::NotConnectedException,
                    com::sun::star::io::BufferSizeExceededException,
                    com::sun::star::io::IOException);

    /** gets called to indicate that all data has been written.

        <p>If this method has not yet been called, no attached
        XInputStream receives an EOF signal. No further
        bytes may be written after this method has been called.</p>
     */
    void closeOutput()
            raises( com::sun::star::io::NotConnectedException,
                    com::sun::star::io::BufferSizeExceededException,
                    com::sun::star::io::IOException);

};


}; }; }; };

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