FileSystem.java

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package jetbrains.mps.vfs.openapi;

import jetbrains.mps.vfs.FileSystemListener;
import jetbrains.mps.vfs.IFile;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * A file factory abstraction.
 *
 * Created by apyshkin on 6/19/16.
 */
public interface FileSystem {
  /**
   * Creates an appropriate IFile from the path parameter,
   * depending on the current fs provider and paths itself
   */
  @NotNull IFile getFile(@NotNull String path);

  /**
   * fixme two methods belong to caching fs
   */
  void addListener(@NotNull FileSystemListener listener);

  void removeListener(@NotNull FileSystemListener listener);
}