alluxio-master-2.x/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/Seekable.java
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package alluxio;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This interface should be implemented by all Alluxio streams which support moving the read
 * position to a specific byte offset.
 */
public interface Seekable extends Positioned {
  /**
   * Moves the starting read position of the stream to the specified position which is relative to
   * the start of the stream. Seeking to a position before the current read position is supported.
   *
   * @param pos the position to seek to, it must be between 0 and the end of the stream - 1
   */
  void seek(long pos) throws IOException;
}
