flink-connectors/flink-connector-files/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/file/table/FileSystemFactory.java

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package org.apache.flink.connector.file.table;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
import org.apache.flink.core.fs.FileSystem;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.net.URI;

/** A factory to create file systems. */
@Internal
public interface FileSystemFactory extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Creates a new file system for the given file system URI. The URI describes the type of file
     * system (via its scheme) and optionally the authority (for example the host) of the file
     * system.
     *
     * @param fsUri The URI that describes the file system.
     * @return A new instance of the specified file system.
     * @throws IOException Thrown if the file system could not be instantiated.
     */
    FileSystem create(URI fsUri) throws IOException;
}