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A Java implementation of the Amazon Ion data notation.

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/*
 * Copyright 2007-2019 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
 * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * A copy of the License is located at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is distributed
 * on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either
 * express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 * permissions and limitations under the License.
 */

package com.amazon.ion;

import java.io.IOException;



/**
 * An Ion blob value.
 * 
 * WARNING: This interface should not be implemented or extended by
 * code outside of this library.
 */
public interface IonBlob
    extends IonLob
{
    /**
     * Prints the content of this blob as Base64 text, without Ion's
     * surrounding double-braces {{ }}.
     *
     * @param out will receive the Base64 content.
     * @throws NullValueException if this.isNullValue().
     * @throws NullPointerException if out is null.
     * @throws IOException if there's a problem writing to the output stream.
     */
    public void printBase64(Appendable out)
        throws NullValueException, IOException;


    public IonBlob clone()
        throws UnknownSymbolException;
}