Closeable.java revision fdb2704414a9ed92394ada0d1395e4db86889465 
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16
17package java.io;
18
19/**
20 * Closeable represents the source or destination of some data which can be
21 * called its close method to release resources it holds.
22 */
23public interface Closeable {
24
25    /**
26     * Close the object and release any system resources it holds. If the object
27     * has been close, then invoke this method has no effect.
28     *
29     * @throws IOException
30     *             if any error raises when closing the object.
31     */
32    public void close() throws IOException;
33}