vault-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/vault/packaging/Packaging.java

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package org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.packaging;

import javax.jcr.Node;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
import javax.jcr.Session;

/**
 * Default access point to package managers.
 * @since 2.4.0
 */
public interface Packaging {

    /**
     * Returns a non-repository based package manager.
     * @return the package manager
     */
    PackageManager getPackageManager();

    /**
     * Returns a repository based package manager.
     * @param session repository session
     * @return the package manager
     */
    JcrPackageManager getPackageManager(Session session);

    /**
     * Creates a new jcr package definition based on the given node.
     * @param defNode the node
     * @return the definition
     */
    JcrPackageDefinition createPackageDefinition(Node defNode);

    /**
     * Opens a package that is based on the given node. If <code>allowInvalid</code>
     * is <code>true</code> also invalid packages are returned, but only if the
     * node is file like (i.e. is nt:hierarchyNode and has a
     * jcr:content/jcr:data property).
     *
     * This is a shortcut version of {@link org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.packaging.JcrPackageManager#open(javax.jcr.Node, boolean)}
     * which does not create a package manager instance.
     *
     * @param node the underlying node
     * @param allowInvalid if <code>true</code> invalid packages are openend, too.
     * @return the new package or <code>null</code> it the package is not
     *         valid unless <code>allowInvalid</code> is <code>true</code>.
     * @throws javax.jcr.RepositoryException if an error occurs
     * 
     * @since 2.3.0
     */
    JcrPackage open(Node node, boolean allowInvalid) throws RepositoryException;
}