src/java/org/apache/commons/vfs/provider/FileNameParser.java

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package org.apache.commons.vfs.provider;

import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileName;
import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException;

/**
 * Provides methods to parse a filename into a {@link org.apache.commons.vfs.FileName}
 */
public interface FileNameParser
{
    /**
     * Check if a character needs encoding (%nn)
     * @param ch the character
     * @return true if character should be encoded
     */
    public boolean encodeCharacter(char ch);

    /**
     * parses a String into a filename
     * @param base
     * @param filename
     * @return
     * @throws org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException
     */
    public FileName parseUri(final VfsComponentContext context, final FileName base, final String filename) throws FileSystemException;
}