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| package org.apache.commons.vfs; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * The fileCache interface. |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:imario@apache.org">Mario Ivankovits</a> |
| * @version $Revision$ $Date$ |
| */ |
| public interface FilesCache |
| { |
| /** |
| * add a fileobject to the cache. |
| * |
| * @param file the file |
| */ |
| void putFile(final FileObject file); |
| |
| /** |
| * retrieve a file from the cache by its name. |
| * |
| * @param filesystem The FileSystem. |
| * @param name the name |
| * @return the fileobject or null if file is not cached |
| */ |
| FileObject getFile(final FileSystem filesystem, final FileName name); |
| |
| /** |
| * purge the entries corresponding to the filesystem. |
| * @param filesystem The FileSystem. |
| */ |
| void clear(final FileSystem filesystem); |
| |
| /** |
| * purge the whole cache. |
| */ |
| void close(); |
| |
| /** |
| * removes a file from cache. |
| * |
| * @param filesystem filesystem |
| * @param name filename |
| */ |
| void removeFile(final FileSystem filesystem, final FileName name); |
| |
| /** |
| * if the cache uses timestamps it could use this method to handle |
| * updates of them. |
| * |
| * @param file filename |
| */ |
| // public void touchFile(final FileObject file); |
| } |