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 * Copyright (c) 2011 The OpenNMS Group, Inc.
 *
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package org.jrobin.core;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Factory class which creates actual {@link RrdFileBackend} objects. This was the default
 * backend factory in JRobin before 1.4.0 release.
 */
public class RrdFileBackendFactory extends RrdBackendFactory {
	/**
	 * factory name, "FILE"
	 */
	public static final String NAME = "FILE";

	/**
	 * Creates RrdFileBackend object for the given file path.
	 *
	 * @param path	 File path
	 * @param readOnly True, if the file should be accessed in read/only mode.
	 *                 False otherwise.
	 * @return RrdFileBackend object which handles all I/O operations for the given file path
	 * @throws IOException Thrown in case of I/O error.
	 */
	protected RrdBackend open(String path, boolean readOnly) throws IOException {
		return new RrdFileBackend(path, readOnly);
	}

	/**
	 * Method to determine if a file with the given path already exists.
	 *
	 * @param path File path
	 * @return True, if such file exists, false otherwise.
	 */
	protected boolean exists(String path) {
		return Util.fileExists(path);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the name of this factory.
	 *
	 * @return Factory name (equals to string "FILE")
	 */
	public String getFactoryName() {
		return NAME;
	}
}