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 * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
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package com.google.gwt.typedarrays.shared;

/**
 * Common information across all types of views of {@link ArrayBuffer}s.
 * 
 * {@link "http://www.khronos.org/registry/typedarray/specs/latest/#6"}
 */
public interface ArrayBufferView {

  /**
   * Get the underlying {@link ArrayBuffer}.
   * 
   * @return the {@link ArrayBuffer} instance backing this view
   */
  ArrayBuffer buffer();

  /**
   * Get the length of this view in bytes.
   * 
   * @return number of bytes in this view
   */
  int byteLength();

  /**
   * Get the offset from the beginning of the underlying {@link ArrayBuffer}.
   * 
   * @return 0-based offset from the beginning of {@link #buffer()}
   */
  int byteOffset();
}