trunk/components/camel-ftp/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/file/remote/RemoteFileOperations.java

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package org.apache.camel.component.file.remote;

import org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileOperationFailedException;
import org.apache.camel.component.file.GenericFileOperations;

/**
 * Remote file operations based on some backing framework
 */
public interface RemoteFileOperations<T> extends GenericFileOperations<T> {

    /**
     * Connects to the remote server
     *
     * @param configuration configuration
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if connected
     * @throws GenericFileOperationFailedException can be thrown
     */
    boolean connect(RemoteFileConfiguration configuration) throws GenericFileOperationFailedException;

    /**
     * Returns whether we are connected to the remote server or not
     *
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if connected, <tt>false</tt> if not
     * @throws GenericFileOperationFailedException can be thrown
     */
    boolean isConnected() throws GenericFileOperationFailedException;

    /**
     * Disconnects from the remote server
     *
     * @throws GenericFileOperationFailedException can be thrown
     */
    void disconnect() throws GenericFileOperationFailedException;

    /**
     * Sends a noop command to the remote server
     *
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the noop was a success, <tt>false</tt> otherwise
     * @throws GenericFileOperationFailedException can be thrown
     */
    boolean sendNoop() throws GenericFileOperationFailedException;

    /**
     * Sends a site command to the remote server
     *
     * @param command  the command
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the command was a success, <tt>false</tt> otherwise
     * @throws GenericFileOperationFailedException can be thrown
     */
    boolean sendSiteCommand(String command) throws GenericFileOperationFailedException;

}