IPersistenceProvider.java

/**
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 * This file is part of the Whole Platform.
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package org.whole.lang.codebase;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.whole.lang.bindings.IBindingManager;

/**
 * @author Riccardo Solmi
 */
public interface IPersistenceProvider {
	public IPersistenceProvider withDefaultEncoding(String defaultEncoding);
	public String getEncoding();//TODO derive from getContentEncoding if available
	public IBindingManager getBindings();
	public void defineBindings(IBindingManager bm);

	public boolean canReopenStream();
	public void closeStream() throws Exception;
	public InputStream openInputStream() throws Exception;
	public OutputStream openOutputStream() throws Exception;
	public InputStream getInputStream() throws Exception;
	public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws Exception;

	public boolean exists();
	public boolean delete() throws Exception;
	//attributes()
	//bindAttributes()
}