using System;

namespace Lucene.Net.Store
{
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    /// <summary>
    /// Abstract base class for output to a file in a <see cref="Directory"/>.  A random-access
    /// output stream.  Used for all Lucene index output operations.
    ///
    /// <para/><see cref="IndexOutput"/> may only be used from one thread, because it is not
    /// thread safe (it keeps internal state like file position).
    /// </summary>
    /// <seealso cref="Directory"/>
    /// <seealso cref="IndexInput"/>
#if FEATURE_SERIALIZABLE
    [Serializable]
#endif
    public abstract class IndexOutput : DataOutput, IDisposable
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Forces any buffered output to be written. </summary>
        public abstract void Flush();

        /// <summary>
        /// Closes this stream to further operations. </summary>
        // LUCENENET specific - implementing proper dispose pattern
        public void Dispose()
        {
            Dispose(true);
            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Closes this stream to further operations. </summary>
        protected abstract void Dispose(bool disposing);

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the current position in this file, where the next write will
        /// occur. </summary>
        /// <seealso cref="Seek(long)"/>
        public abstract long GetFilePointer();

        /// <summary>
        /// Sets current position in this file, where the next write will occur. </summary>
        /// <seealso cref="GetFilePointer()"/>
        [Obsolete("(4.1) this method will be removed in Lucene 5.0")]
        public abstract void Seek(long pos);

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the current checksum of bytes written so far </summary>
        public abstract long Checksum { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or Sets the file length. By default, this property's setter does
        /// nothing (it's optional for a <see cref="Directory"/> to implement
        /// it).  But, certain <see cref="Directory"/> implementations (for 
        /// example <see cref="FSDirectory"/>) can use this to inform the
        /// underlying IO system to pre-allocate the file to the
        /// specified size.  If the length is longer than the
        /// current file length, the bytes added to the file are
        /// undefined.  Otherwise the file is truncated.</summary>
        public virtual long Length { get; set; }
    }
}