package org.activityinfo.server.report.output;

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import java.io.IOException;

public interface StorageProvider {

    /**
     * Creates a web-accessible temporary file
     *
     * @param mimeType the mime type of the file
     * @param filename The name of the user-facing file
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    TempStorage allocateTemporaryFile(String mimeType, String filename) throws IOException;

}