org.apache.ace.repository/src/org/apache/ace/repository/Repository.java

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package org.apache.ace.repository;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.apache.ace.range.SortedRangeSet;

import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType;

/**
 * Providing full access to a repository, which includes read and write access.
 */
@ProviderType
public interface Repository
{
    /**
     * Determines the versions present inside the repository.
     * 
     * @returns A <code>SortedRangeSet</code> representing all the versions currently inside the repository, never
     *          <code>null</code>.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             If there is an error determining the current versions.
     */
    public SortedRangeSet getRange() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Commits data into the repository.
     * 
     * @param data
     *            The input stream containing the data to be committed, cannot be <code>null</code>;
     * @param fromVersion
     *            The version the to-be-committed data is based upon, is used to verify no other commits have taken
     *            place between the last checkout and this commit.
     * @return <code>true</code> if the commit succeeded (and a new version is created in this repository),
     *         <code>false</code> if the commit was <em>ignored</em> because no actual changes in data were found.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             If there was a problem reading or writing the data, or when trying to commit a version that is not
     *             the "current" version;
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             If the version is less than <tt>0</tt>;
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     *             If an attempt to commit was made on a non-master repository.
     */
    public boolean commit(InputStream data, long fromVersion) throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException;

    /**
     * Checks out the version of the repository that have been passed to this method as parameter.
     * 
     * @return a stream containing a checkout of the given repository version, or <code>null</code> if the version does
     *         not exist.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *             if there is an error reading the requested version of the repository;
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if the given version is less than or equal to <tt>0</tt>.
     */
    public InputStream checkout(long version) throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException;
}