VFS-2.0-RC1/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/FileSystem.java

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package org.apache.commons.vfs;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * A file system, made up of a hierarchy of files.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:adammurdoch@apache.org">Adam Murdoch</a>
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public interface FileSystem
{
    /**
     * Returns the root file of this file system.
     * @return The root FileObject.
     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
     */
    FileObject getRoot() throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Returns the name of the root file of this file system. The root name always
     * contains a path String of "/".
     * @return the root FileName.
     */
    FileName getRootName();

    /**
     * The root URI passed as a file system option or obtained from the rootName.
     * @return The root URI.
     */
    String getRootURI();

    /**
     * Determines if this file system has a particular capability.
     *
     * @param capability The capability to check for.
     * @return true if this filesystem has the requested capability.
     *         Note that not all files in the file system may have the
     *         capability.
     * @todo Move this to another interface, so that set of capabilities can be queried.
     */
    boolean hasCapability(Capability capability);

    /**
     * Returns the parent layer if this is a layered file system.
     *
     * @return The parent layer, or null if this is not a layered file system.
     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
     */
    FileObject getParentLayer() throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Gets the value of an attribute of the file system.
     * <p/>
     * <p>TODO - change to <code>Map getAttributes()</code> instead?
     * <p/>
     * <p>TODO - define the standard attribute names, and define which attrs
     * are guaranteed to be present.
     *
     * @param attrName The name of the attribute.
     * @return The value of the attribute.
     * @throws org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException
     *          If the file does not exist, or is being written, or if the
     *          attribute is unknown.
     * @see org.apache.commons.vfs.FileContent#getAttribute
     */
    Object getAttribute(String attrName) throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Sets the value of an attribute of the file's content.  Creates the
     * file if it does not exist.
     *
     * @param attrName The name of the attribute.
     * @param value    The value of the attribute.
     * @throws FileSystemException If the file is read-only, or is being read, or if the attribute
     *                             is not supported, or on error setting the attribute.
     * @see FileContent#setAttribute
     */
    void setAttribute(String attrName, Object value)
        throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Finds a file in this file system.
     *
     * @param name The name of the file.
     * @return The file.  Never returns null.
     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
     */
    FileObject resolveFile(FileName name) throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Finds a file in this file system.
     *
     * @param name The name of the file.  This must be an absolute path.
     * @return The file.  Never returns null.
     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
     */
    FileObject resolveFile(String name) throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Adds a listener on a file in this file system.
     *
     * @param file     The file to attach the listener to.
     * @param listener The listener to add.
     */
    void addListener(FileObject file, FileListener listener);

    /**
     * Removes a listener from a file in this file system.
     *
     * @param file     The file to remove the listener from.
     * @param listener The listener to remove.
     */
    void removeListener(FileObject file, FileListener listener);

    /**
     * Adds a junction to this file system.  A junction is a link that attaches
     * the supplied file to a point in this file system, making it look like
     * part of the file system.
     *
     * @param junctionPoint The point in this file system to add the junction.
     * @param targetFile    The file to link to.
     * @throws FileSystemException If this file system does not support junctions, or the junction
     *                             point or target file is invalid (the file system may not support
     *                             nested junctions, for example).
     */
    void addJunction(String junctionPoint, FileObject targetFile)
        throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Removes a junction from this file system.
     *
     * @param junctionPoint The junction to remove.
     * @throws FileSystemException On error removing the junction.
     */
    void removeJunction(String junctionPoint) throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Creates a temporary local copy of a file and its descendents.  If
     * this file is already a local file, a copy is not made.
     * <p/>
     * <p>Note that the local copy may include additonal files, that were
     * not selected by the given selector.
     *
     * @param file     The file to replicate.
     * @param selector The selector to use to select the files to replicate.
     * @return The local copy of this file.
     * @throws FileSystemException If this file does not exist, or on error replicating the file.
     * @todo Add options to indicate whether the caller is happy to deal with
     * extra files being present locally (eg if the file has been
     * replicated previously), or whether the caller expects only
     * the selected files to be present.
     */
    File replicateFile(FileObject file, FileSelector selector)
        throws FileSystemException;

    /**
     * Returns the FileSystemOptions used to instantiate this filesystem.
     * @return The FileSystemOptions.
     */
    FileSystemOptions getFileSystemOptions();

    /**
     * Returns a reference to the FileSytemManager.
     * @return The FileSystemManager.
     */
    FileSystemManager getFileSystemManager();

    /**
     * Returns the accuracy of the last modification time.
     *
     * @return ms 0 perfectly accurate, >0 might be off by this value e.g. sftp 1000ms.
     */
    double getLastModTimeAccuracy();
}