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is an abstract class that defines protocols for objects that can
<a class="link" href="BDataIO.html#BDataIO_Read" title="Read()"><code class="methodname">Read()</code></a> and
<a class="link" href="BDataIO.html#BDataIO_Write" title="Write()"><code class="methodname">Write()</code></a>
data. <a class="link" href="BPositionIO.html" title="BPositionIO"><code class="classname">BPositionIO</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="BDataIO.html" title="BDataIO"><code class="classname">BDataIO</code></a>'s
main subclass, declares an additional set of functions
(<a class="link" href="BPositionIO.html#BPositionIO_ReadAt"><code class="methodname">ReadAt()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="BPositionIO.html#BPositionIO_WriteAt"><code class="methodname">WriteAt()</code></a>,
<a class="link" href="BPositionIO.html#BPositionIO_Seek" title="Seek(), Position()"><code class="methodname">Seek()</code></a>, and
<a class="link" href="BPositionIO.html#BPositionIO_Position"><code class="methodname">Position()</code></a>)
for objects that can keep track of the current position in
the I/O buffer; it implements
<a class="link" href="BDataIO.html#BDataIO_Read" title="Read()"><code class="methodname">Read()</code></a> and
<a class="link" href="BDataIO.html#BDataIO_Write" title="Write()"><code class="methodname">Write()</code></a>
in terms of these other functions.</p><p>Neither <a class="link" href="BDataIO.html" title="BDataIO"><code class="classname">BDataIO</code></a>
nor <a class="link" href="BPositionIO.html" title="BPositionIO"><code class="classname">BPositionIO</code></a>
declares any data members, nor do they
implement the functions in the protocols they declare. It's up to derived
classes to implement them based on the properties of the particular kinds
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