ResourceHandler.java

package org.apache.maven.index.reader;

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import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Maven 2 Index resource abstraction, that should be handled as a resource (is {@link Closeable}. That means, that
 * implementations could perform any extra activity as FS locking or so (if uses FS as backing store). Is used by single
 * thread only.
 *
 * @since 5.1.2
 */
public interface ResourceHandler
    extends Closeable
{
  interface Resource
  {
    /**
     * Returns the {@link InputStream} stream of the resource, if exists, {@code null} otherwise. The stream should
     * be closed by caller, otherwise resource leaks might be introduced.
     */
    InputStream read() throws IOException;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@link Resource} with {@code name}, non {@code null}.
   *
   * @param name Resource name, guaranteed to be non-{@code null} and is FS and URL safe string.
   */
  Resource locate(String name) throws IOException;
}