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* Description: Character Large Object
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package org.w3c.cci2;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
/**
* Character Large Object
*/
public interface CharacterLargeObject
extends LargeObject
{
/**
* Retrieve the large object's value
*
* @return the large object's value
*/
Reader getContent(
) throws IOException;
/**
* Set an output stream to retrieves a large object's content.
*
* @param writer
* a writer receiving the object's content
* @param position
* index into the large object's content
*/
void getContent(
Writer writer,
long position
) throws IOException;
}