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package org.hudsonci.api.model;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * FreeStyle project interface.
 * <p/>
 * Date: 9/15/11
 *
 * @author Nikita Levyankov
 */
public interface IFreeStyleProject extends IProject {

    /**
     * Returns user-specified workspace directory, or null if it's up to Hudson
     *
     * @return string representation of directory.
     * @throws IOException if any.
     */
    String getCustomWorkspace() throws IOException;

    /**
     * User-specified workspace directory, or null if it's up to Hudson.
     *
     * <p>
     * Normally a free-style project uses the workspace location assigned by its parent container,
     * but sometimes people have builds that have hard-coded paths (which can be only built in
     * certain locations. see http://www.nabble.com/Customize-Workspace-directory-tt17194310.html for
     * one such discussion.)
     *
     * <p>
     * This is not {@link java.io.File} because it may have to hold a path representation on another OS.
     *
     * <p>
     * If this path is relative, it's resolved against {@link hudson.model.Node#getRootPath()} on the node where
     * this workspace is prepared.
     * @param customWorkspace new custom workspace to set
     * @since 1.320
     * @throws IOException if any.
     */
    void setCustomWorkspace(String customWorkspace) throws IOException;
}