# Plucene::Store::OutputStream - phpMan

## NAME
    [Plucene::Store::OutputStream] - a random-access output stream

## SYNOPSIS
            # isa [Plucene::Store::InputStream]

## DESCRIPTION
    This is an abstract class for output to a file in a Directory. A
    random-access output stream. Used for all Plucene index output
    operations.

## METHODS
  new
    Create a new [Plucene::Store::OutputStream]

  clone
    Clone this

  fh / read / seek / tell / getc / print / eof / close
    File operations

  write_byte
    This will write a single byte.

  write_int
    This will write an int as four bytes.

  write_vint
    This will write an int in a variable length format.

  write_long
    This will write a long as eight bytes.

  write_vlong
    This will write a long in variable length format.

  write_string
    This will write a string.