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17 package org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider;
18
19 import java.util.Collection;
20
21 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.Capability;
22 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileName;
23 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject;
24 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemConfigBuilder;
25 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException;
26 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemOptions;
27
28 /**
29 * A file provider. Each file provider is responsible for handling files for a particular URI scheme.
30 * <p>
31 * A file provider may also implement {@link VfsComponent}.
32 * </p>
33 */
34 public interface FileProvider {
35
36 /**
37 * Locates a file object, by absolute URI.
38 *
39 * @param baseFile The base file to use for resolving the individual parts of a compound URI.
40 * @param uri The absolute URI of the file to find.
41 * @param fileSystemOptions The FileSystemOptions
42 * @return The FileObject.
43 * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs locating the file.
44 */
45 FileObjectect.html#FileObject">FileObject findFile(final FileObject baseFile, final String uri, final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions)
46 throws FileSystemException;
47
48 /**
49 * Creates a layered file system.
50 *
51 * @param scheme The URI scheme for the layered file system.
52 * @param file The file to build the file system on.
53 * @param fileSystemOptions The FileSystemOptions.
54 * @return A FileObject in the file system.
55 * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
56 */
57 FileObjectcommons/vfs2/FileObject.html#FileObject">FileObject createFileSystem(String scheme, FileObject file, FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions)
58 throws FileSystemException;
59
60 /**
61 * Gets the configbuilder useable to collect the needed fileSystemOptions.
62 *
63 * @return a FileSystemConfigBuilder for the particular file system.
64 */
65 FileSystemConfigBuilder getConfigBuilder();
66
67 /**
68 * Gets the file system capabilities.
69 * <p>
70 * These are the same as on the file system, but available before the first file system was instanciated.
71 * </p>
72 *
73 * @return a Collection of the file systems Capabilities.
74 */
75 Collection<Capability> getCapabilities();
76
77 /**
78 * Parses the URI into a FileName.
79 *
80 * @param root The base FileName.
81 * @param uri The file to be accessed.
82 * @return A FileName representing the target file.
83 * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
84 */
85 FileName./../../../../org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileName.html#FileName">FileName parseUri(FileName root, String uri) throws FileSystemException;
86 }