A.8.1 The Generic Package Sequential_IO

with Ada.IO_Exceptions;
generic
type Element_Type(<>) is private;
package Ada.Sequential_IO is

type File_Type is limited private;

type File_Mode is (In_File, Out_File, Append_File);

-- File management

procedure Create(File : in out File_Type;
Mode : in File_Mode := Out_File;
Name : in String := "";
Form : in String := "");

procedure Open (File : in out File_Type;
Mode : in File_Mode;
Name : in String;
Form : in String := "");

procedure Close (File : in out File_Type);
procedure Delete(File : in out File_Type);
procedure Reset (File : in out File_Type; Mode : in File_Mode);
procedure Reset (File : in out File_Type);

function Mode (File : in File_Type) return File_Mode;
function Name (File : in File_Type) return String;
function Form (File : in File_Type) return String;

function Is_Open(File : in File_Type) return Boolean;

procedure Flush (File : in File_Type);

-- Input and output operations

procedure Read (File : in File_Type; Item : out Element_Type);
procedure Write (File : in File_Type; Item : in Element_Type);

function End_Of_File(File : in File_Type) return Boolean;

-- Exceptions

Status_Error : exception renames IO_Exceptions.Status_Error;
Mode_Error : exception renames IO_Exceptions.Mode_Error;
Name_Error : exception renames IO_Exceptions.Name_Error;
Use_Error : exception renames IO_Exceptions.Use_Error;
Device_Error : exception renames IO_Exceptions.Device_Error;
End_Error : exception renames IO_Exceptions.End_Error;
Data_Error : exception renames IO_Exceptions.Data_Error;

private
... -- not specified by the language
end Ada.Sequential_IO;