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| package org.apache.jackrabbit.api; |
| |
| import javax.jcr.Binary; |
| |
| /** |
| * Referenceable binary. In addition to the normal JCR {@link Binary} |
| * functionality, implementations of this class contain a <em>secure |
| * reference</em> to the storage location of the binary stream. This |
| * reference can be used to efficiently copy binaries across servers as |
| * long as both the source and target servers use the same underlying |
| * storage for binaries. |
| */ |
| public interface ReferenceBinary extends Binary { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a secure reference to this binary, or {@code null} if such |
| * a reference is not available. |
| * |
| * @return binary reference, or {@code null} |
| */ |
| String getReference(); |
| |
| } |