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package org.apache.iceberg.io;

import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.AlreadyExistsException;
import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.RuntimeIOException;

/**
 * An interface used to create output files using {@link PositionOutputStream} instances.
 * 
 * This class is based on Parquet's InputFile.
 */
public interface OutputFile {

  /**
   * Create a new file and return a {@link PositionOutputStream} to it.
   * 

   * If the file already exists, this will throw an exception.
   *
   * @return an output stream that can report its position
   * @throws AlreadyExistsException If the path already exists
   * @throws RuntimeIOException If the implementation throws an {@link IOException}
   */
  PositionOutputStream create();

  /**
   * Create a new file and return a {@link PositionOutputStream} to it.
   * 
   * If the file already exists, this will not throw an exception and will replace the file.
   *
   * @return an output stream that can report its position
   * @throws RuntimeIOException If the implementation throws an {@link IOException}
   * @throws SecurityException If staging directory creation fails due to missing JVM level permission
   */
  PositionOutputStream createOrOverwrite();

  /**
   * Return the location this output file will create.
   *
   * @return the location of this output file
   */
  String location();

  /**
   * Return an {@link InputFile} for the location of this output file.
   *
   * @return an input file for the location of this output file
   */
  InputFile toInputFile();
}