/**
* Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
* 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
*/
package org.exoplatform.application.gadget;
/**
* Created by The eXo Platform SAS Author : Pham Thanh Tung thanhtungty@gmail.com Aug 6, 2008
*/
public interface SourceStorage {
/**
* Return {@link Source} object of gadget that name provided in gadget object param <br/>
* If can't find gadget with that name, return null <br/>
* If gadget is remote, throw Exception <br/>
*
* @param gadget - Gadget object used to retrieved gadget's name
*/
Source getSource(Gadget gadget) throws Exception;
/**
* This method will save source to database to a specify path
*
* @param dirPath
* @param source
* @throws Exception
*/
void saveSource(Gadget gadget, Source source) throws Exception;
/**
* julien : this method does nothing and should be removed since now deleting a gadget in the gadget registry also deletes
* the source for the local gadgets.
*
* @param sourcePath the source path
* @throws Exception any exception
*/
void removeSource(String sourcePath);
}