DiskFileService.java

/**
 * Abiquo community edition
 * cloud management application for hybrid clouds
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 - Abiquo Holdings S.L.
 *
 * This application is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 */
package com.abiquo.am.services;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Provides functionallity to manage Disk Files.
 * 
 * @author ibarrera
 */
public interface DiskFileService
{
    /**
     * Gets the path of a disk file in the repository.
     * 
     * @param path The path of the disk file to obtain.
     * @return The path of the requested disk file.
     * @throws FileNotFoundException If disk file does not exist.
     */
    public String get(String path);

    /**
     * Performs a disk file copy.
     * 
     * @param source The source disk file.
     * @param destination The destination disk file.
     * @throws FileNotFoundException If the disk file to be copied does not exist.
     * @throws IOException If the copy operation cannot be performed.
     */
    public void copy(String source, String destination);
}