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package org.apache.flink.core.fs;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.Public;

/**
 * Interface that represents the client side information for a file
 * independent of the file system.
 */
@Public
public interface FileStatus {

	/**
	 * Return the length of this file.
	 *
	 * @return the length of this file
	 */
	long getLen();

	/**
	 *Get the block size of the file.
	 *
	 * @return the number of bytes
	 */
	long getBlockSize();

	/**
	 * Get the replication factor of a file.
	 *
	 * @return the replication factor of a file.
	 */
	short getReplication();

	/**
	 * Get the modification time of the file.
	 *
	 * @return the modification time of file in milliseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC.
	 */
	long getModificationTime();

	/**
	 * Get the access time of the file.
	 *
	 * @return the access time of file in milliseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC.
	 */
	long getAccessTime();

	/**
	 * Checks if this object represents a directory.
	 *
	 * @return <code>true</code> if this is a directory, <code>false</code> otherwise
	 */
	boolean isDir();

	/**
	 * Returns the corresponding Path to the FileStatus.
	 *
	 * @return the corresponding Path to the FileStatus
	 */
	Path getPath();
}