/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
package org.rhq.enterprise.server.plugins.yum;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* The RepoReader interface provides the API for object used to read the content of yum repos. This abstraction allows
* for multiple protocols for interacting with both local and remote repos.
*
* @author jortel
*/
interface RepoReader {
/**
* Validate that the reader is operational.
*
* @throws Exception When not valid.
*/
void validate() throws Exception;
/**
* Open and return an input stream for the specified yum repo resource.
*
* @param path The relative path to the resource.
*
* @return The requested stream that <b>must</b> be closed by the caller.
*
* @throws IOException On IO error.
*/
InputStream openStream(String path) throws IOException;
}