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package org.opends.server.loggers;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
/**
* A FileNamingPolicy is used by a MultiFileWriter to generate the
* sequence of file names to use when writing.
*/
public interface FileNamingPolicy
{
/**
* Initializes the policy and returns the current name to use.
*
* @return the initial file.
*/
public File getInitialName();
/**
* Gets the next name to use.
*
* @return the next file.
*/
public File getNextName();
/**
* Gets the filename filter that can be used to filter files named by this
* policy.
*
* @return The FilenameFilter that can filter files named by this policy.
*/
public FilenameFilter getFilenameFilter();
/**
* Gets all the existing files named by this policy in the parent directoy
* of the initial file. The initial file is excluded from this list if it
* exists.
*
* @return The files named by this policy or <code>null</code> if an
* error occured.
*/
public File[] listFiles();
}