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package com.compendium.core.datamodel;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Reference to the original file in the file system ("file://" URI)
 * 
 * @author rudolf
 */
public class LinkedFileReference extends LinkedFileFileSystem {
	/**
	 * class's own logger
	 */
	final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
	/**
	 * 
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4597041369284010391L;

	/**
	 * Constructor which builds a new LinkedFileFileSystem object
	 * from a path string.
	 * @param path the path of the file
	 */
	public LinkedFileReference(String path) {
		super(path);	
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	@Override
	public LFType getLFType() {
		return LFType.LINK;
	}

	/**
	 * @see com.compendium.core.datamodel.LinkedFileFileSystem#exportFile(java.io.File)
	 */
	@Override
	public File exportFile(File destDir) throws IOException{
		if(!destDir.isDirectory())
			throw new IOException("Given argument is not a directory.");
		return null;
	}	

}