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package org.apache.commons.vfs.provider;
import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileObject;
import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException;
import java.io.File;
/**
* A file provider which handles local files.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:adammurdoch@apache.org">Adam Murdoch</a>
* @version $Revision: 480428 $ $Date: 2006-11-29 07:15:24 +0100 (Mi, 29 Nov 2006) $
*/
public interface LocalFileProvider
extends FileProvider
{
/**
* Determines if a name is an absolute file name.
*
* @param name The name to test.
* @todo Move this to a general file name parser interface.
*/
boolean isAbsoluteLocalName(final String name);
/**
* Finds a local file, from its local name.
*/
FileObject findLocalFile(final String name)
throws FileSystemException;
/**
* Converts from java.io.File to FileObject.
*/
FileObject findLocalFile(final File file)
throws FileSystemException;
}