Indexer.java

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package org.uberfire.ext.metadata.engine;

import org.uberfire.ext.metadata.model.KObject;
import org.uberfire.ext.metadata.model.KObjectKey;
import org.uberfire.java.nio.file.Path;

public interface Indexer {

    /**
     * Different Indexers can handle different file-types
     * @param path
     * @return
     */
    boolean supportsPath(final Path path);

    /**
     * Index file represented by Path into an index object
     * @param path
     * @return
     */
    KObject toKObject(final Path path);

    /**
     * Index file represented by Path into an index key object
     * @param path
     * @return
     */
    KObjectKey toKObjectKey(final Path path);
}