Position (client 0.10.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

PositionImpl, PositionInternal
```
public interface Position
```
A position in a stream. Used to indicate where a reader died. See ReaderGroup.readerOffline(String, Position) Note that this is serializable so that it can be written to an external datastore.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PositionInternal`	`asImpl()`	Used internally.
`static Position`	`fromBytes(java.nio.ByteBuffer serializedPosition)`	Deserializes the position from its serialized from obtained from calling `toBytes()`.
`java.nio.ByteBuffer`	`toBytes()`	Serializes the position to a compact byte array.

- Method Detail
  - asImpl
```
PositionInternal asImpl()
```
    Used internally. Do not call.
    
    Returns:
    
    Implementation of position object interface
  - toBytes
```
java.nio.ByteBuffer toBytes()
```
    Serializes the position to a compact byte array.
    
    Returns:
    
    compact byte array
  - fromBytes
```
static Position fromBytes(java.nio.ByteBuffer serializedPosition)
```
    Deserializes the position from its serialized from obtained from calling toBytes().
    
    Parameters:
    
    serializedPosition - A serialized position.
    
    Returns:
    
    The position object.