RepositoryCapabilities.java

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package org.pentaho.di.repository;

public interface RepositoryCapabilities {

  /**
   * @return true if the repository supports users.
   */
  public boolean supportsUsers();

  /**
   * @return true if users can be managed in the repository
   */
  public boolean managesUsers();

  /**
   * @return true if this repository is read-only
   */
  public boolean isReadOnly();

  /**
   * @return true if the repository supports revisions.
   */
  public boolean supportsRevisions();

  /**
   * @return true if the repository supports storing metadata like names, descriptions, ... outside of the object
   *         definitions (XML)
   */
  public boolean supportsMetadata();

  /**
   * @return true if this repository supports file locking
   */
  public boolean supportsLocking();

  /**
   * @return true if the repository has a version registry
   */
  public boolean hasVersionRegistry();

  /**
   * @return true if the repository supports ACLs
   */
  public boolean supportsAcls();

  /**
   * @return true if the repository is capable of representing objects as references (IDs)...
   */
  public boolean supportsReferences();

}