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package org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.util;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.FileSystemResource;
/**
* <code>ResourceBasedBLOBStore</code> extends the <code>BLOBStore</code>
* interface with the method {@link #getResource(String)}
* <p>
* Note that The DataStore should nowadays be used instead of the BLOBStore.
*/
public interface ResourceBasedBLOBStore extends BLOBStore {
/**
* Retrieves the BLOB data with the specified id as a permanent resource.
*
* @param blobId identifier of the BLOB data as returned by
* {@link #createId(org.apache.jackrabbit.core.id.PropertyId , int)}
* @return a resource representing the BLOB data
* @throws Exception if an error occurred
*/
FileSystemResource getResource(String blobId) throws Exception;
}