UncPathnameMapper.java

/*
* Copyright 2012, CMM, University of Queensland.
*
* This file is part of Paul.
*
* Paul is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Paul is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with Paul. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

package au.edu.uq.cmm.paul.watcher;

import java.io.File;

public interface UncPathnameMapper {

    /**
     * Map a Windows UNC pathname to a local File.
     * 
     * @param uncPathname the pathname to be mapped.
     * @return the File which may or may not exist.
     */
    File mapUncPathname(String uncPathname);
}