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package org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon;
import org.pentaho.di.core.EngineMetaInterface;
/**
* The spoon perspective implementing this interface implements its own open/save dialogs and logic.
*
* @author matt
*/
public interface SpoonPerspectiveOpenSaveInterface {
/**
* Open a file/object
*/
public void open();
/**
* Import from a file (extension driven by the perspective)
*
* @param filename
* the file to read from
*/
public void importFile( String filename );
/**
* Save the specified file/object
*
* @param meta
* The object to be saved.
* @return true if the object was saved
*/
public boolean save( EngineMetaInterface meta );
/**
* Export to a file
*
* @param meta
* the object to export
* @param filename
* the file to write to
*/
boolean exportFile( EngineMetaInterface meta, String filename );
}