JFSFileProducerFactory.java

/*
 * JFileSync
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2007, Jens Heidrich
 *
 * 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; either version 2 of the License, or
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 *
 * 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
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 *
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 */

package jfs.sync;

/**
 * This class produces and destroys factories for JFS files.
 *
 * @author Jens Heidrich
 * @version $Id: JFSFileProducerFactory.java,v 1.1 2005/05/06 11:06:57 heidrich Exp $
 */
public interface JFSFileProducerFactory {

    String getName();


    /**
     * Resets all producers of the factory.
     */
    void resetProducers();


    /**
     * Returns a new procucer for a special URI.
     *
     * @param uri
     *            The URI to create the producer for.
     * @return The created producer.
     */
    JFSFileProducer createProducer(String uri);

}