server/src/main/java/org/apache/abdera/protocol/server/WorkspaceManager.java

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package org.apache.abdera.protocol.server;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * The Workspace Manager is used by a Provider to access metadata used to
 * construct Atompub service documents and to determine the appropriate
 * CollectionAdapter to handle a particular request 
 */
public interface WorkspaceManager {
    
  /**
   * Get the Collection Adapter that will handle this request
   */
  CollectionAdapter getCollectionAdapter(RequestContext request);
  
  /**
   * Return the list of available workspaces
   */
  Collection<WorkspaceInfo> getWorkspaces(RequestContext request);
  
}