commons-vfs2/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/provider/FileProvider.java

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package org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.commons.vfs2.Capability;
import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileName;
import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileObject;
import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemConfigBuilder;
import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException;
import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemOptions;

/**
 * A file provider. Each file provider is responsible for handling files for a particular URI scheme.
 * <p>
 * A file provider may also implement {@link VfsComponent}.
 * </p>
 */
public interface FileProvider {

    /**
     * Locates a file object, by absolute URI.
     *
     * @param baseFile The base file to use for resolving the individual parts of a compound URI.
     * @param uri The absolute URI of the file to find.
     * @param fileSystemOptions The FileSystemOptions
     * @return The FileObject.
     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs locating the file.
     */
    FileObject findFile(final FileObject baseFile, final String uri, final FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions)
            throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Creates a layered file system.
     *
     * @param scheme The URI scheme for the layered file system.
     * @param file The file to build the file system on.
     * @param fileSystemOptions The FileSystemOptions.
     * @return A FileObject in the file system.
     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
     */
    FileObject createFileSystem(String scheme, FileObject file, FileSystemOptions fileSystemOptions)
            throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Gets the configbuilder useable to collect the needed fileSystemOptions.
     *
     * @return a FileSystemConfigBuilder for the particular file system.
     */
    FileSystemConfigBuilder getConfigBuilder();

    /**
     * Gets the file system capabilities.
     * <p>
     * These are the same as on the file system, but available before the first file system was instanciated.
     * </p>
     *
     * @return a Collection of the file systems Capabilities.
     */
    Collection<Capability> getCapabilities();

    /**
     * Parses the URI into a FileName.
     *
     * @param root The base FileName.
     * @param uri The file to be accessed.
     * @return A FileName representing the target file.
     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
     */
    FileName parseUri(FileName root, String uri) throws FileSystemException;
}