user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/Flushable.java

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package java.io;

/**
 * Defines an interface for classes that can (or need to) be flushed, typically
 * before some output processing is considered to be finished and the object
 * gets closed.
 */
public interface Flushable {
    /**
     * Flushes the object by writing out any buffered data to the underlying
     * output.
     *
     * @throws IOException
     *             if there are any issues writing the data.
     */
    void flush() throws IOException;
}