[ANN] Unified IO 1.3 [final] released

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UnifiedIO is a Java library that provides random access to any data stream
(even over HTTP),
and gives a clear differentiation between read only and read/write access.

UnifiedIO features the ability to access everything (files, streams, and
arrays) using one common interface, the ability to select (and change) byte
order, the ability to define a start offset and requested data length, and
HTTP transfer optimization (only requesting the required data range).

UnifiedIO is extensible through DataSource/DataSourceManager.

What's new in Version 1.3

Ability to read/write data direct into/from ANY array was added.

For example if you need to read a couple of ints:
Java IO:
InputStream in = <whatever>;
DataInputStream din = new DataInputStream(in);
int [] values = new int[100];
for(int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
values = din.readInt();
}

Unified IO:
InputStream in = <whatever>;
RandomAccessRO ro = RandomAccessFactory.createRO(in);
//set byte order here if needed
int [] ivalues = new int[100];
ro.readFully(ivalues);
//or interpret same data as floats
ro.seek(0L);
float[] fvalues = new float[100];
ro.readFully(fvalues);