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* Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Codenvy, S.A.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* Codenvy, S.A. - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.che.api.vfs;
import org.eclipse.che.api.core.ServerException;
import org.eclipse.che.api.vfs.search.SearcherProvider;
/**
* Attaches any point on backend filesystem some VirtualFile (root folder).
* Only children of root folder may be accessible through this API.
*
* @author andrew00x
*
* @deprecated VFS components are now considered deprecated and will be replaced by standard JDK routines.
*/
@Deprecated
public interface VirtualFileSystem {
/**
* Get root folder of virtual file system. Any files in higher level than root are not accessible through virtual file system API.
*
* @return root folder of virtual file system
*/
VirtualFile getRoot();
/**
* Get searcher provider associated with this VirtualFileSystem. Method may return {@code null} if implementation doesn't support
* searching.
*/
SearcherProvider getSearcherProvider();
/** Release used resources, e.g. clear caches, searcher index, etc */
void close() throws ServerException;
}