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    019package org.apache.commons.compress.archivers;
    020
    021/**
    022 * Provides information about ArchiveEntry stream offsets.
    023 */
    024public interface EntryStreamOffsets {
    025
    026    /** Special value indicating that the offset is unknown. */
    027    long OFFSET_UNKNOWN = -1;
    028
    029    /**
    030     * Gets the offset of data stream within the archive file,
    031     *
    032     * @return the offset of entry data stream, {@code OFFSET_UNKNOWN} if not known.
    033     */
    034    long getDataOffset();
    035
    036    /**
    037     * Indicates whether the stream is contiguous, i.e. not split among several archive parts, interspersed with control blocks, etc.
    038     *
    039     * @return true if stream is contiguous, false otherwise.
    040     */
    041    boolean isStreamContiguous();
    042}