contrib/jcr-server/server/src/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/server/io/ImportContext.java

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package org.apache.jackrabbit.server.io;

import javax.jcr.Item;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * <code>ImportContext</code>...
 */
public interface ImportContext extends IOContext {

    /**
     * Returns the import root of the resource to import, i.e. the parent node
     * of the new content to be created.
     *
     * @return the import root of the resource to import.
     */
    public Item getImportRoot();

    /**
     * Returns the system id of the resource to be imported. This id depends on
     * the system the resource is comming from. it can be a filename, a
     * display name of a webdav resource, an URI, etc.
     *
     * @return the system id of the resource to import
     */
    public String getSystemId();

    /**
     * Returns the input stream of the data to import or <code>null</code> if
     * there are none.
     *
     * @return the input stream.
     * @see #hasStream()
     */
    public InputStream getInputStream();

    /**
     * Returns the modification time of the resource or the current time if
     * the modification time has not been set.
     *
     * @return the modification time.
     */
    public long getModificationTime();

    /**
     * Returns the content language or <code>null</code>
     *
     * @return contentLanguage
     */
    public String getContentLanguage();

    /**
     * Returns the length of the data or {@link IOUtil#UNDEFINED_LENGTH -1} if
     * the content length could not be determined.
     *
     * @return the content length
     */
    public long getContentLength();

    /**
     * Returns the main media type. It should be retrieved from a content type
     * (as present in a http request) or from the systemId. If either value
     * is indefined <code>null</code> should be returned.
     *
     * @return the mimetype of the resource to be imported
     */
    public String getMimeType();

    /**
     * Returns the encoding extracted from a content type as present in a
     * request header or <code>null</code>
     *
     * @return the encoding to be used for importing
     */
    public String getEncoding();

    /**
     *
     * @param propertyName
     * @return
     */
    public Object getProperty(Object propertyName);
}