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package org.alfresco.jlan.server.core;

import org.alfresco.jlan.server.SrvSession;
import org.alfresco.jlan.server.config.InvalidConfigurationException;
import org.alfresco.jlan.server.config.ServerConfiguration;
import org.springframework.extensions.config.ConfigElement;


/**
 * Share Mapper Interface
 * 
 * <p>The share mapper interface is used to allocate a share of the specified name and type. It is called by
 * the SMB server to allocate disk and print type shares.
 *
 * @author gkspencer
 */
public interface ShareMapper {

	/**
	 * Initialize the share mapper
	 * 
	 * @param config ServerConfiguration
	 * @param params ConfigElement
	 * @exception InvalidConfigurationException
	 */
	public void initializeMapper(ServerConfiguration config, ConfigElement params)
		throws InvalidConfigurationException;
	
	/**
	 * Return the share list for the specified host. The host name can be used to implement virtual
	 * hosts.
	 * 
	 * @param host
	 * @param sess SrvSession
	 * @param allShares boolean
	 * @return SharedDeviceList
	 */
	public SharedDeviceList getShareList(String host, SrvSession sess, boolean allShares);

	/**
	 * Find the share of the specified name/type
	 * 
	 * @param tohost String
	 * @param name String
	 * @param typ int
	 * @param sess SrvSession
	 * @param create boolean
	 * @return SharedDevice
	 * @exception Exception
	 */
	public SharedDevice findShare(String tohost, String name, int typ, SrvSession sess, boolean create)
		throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Delete any temporary shares created for the specified session
	 * 
	 * @param sess SrvSession
	 */
	public void deleteShares(SrvSession sess);
	
	/**
	 * Close the share mapper, release any resources. Called when the server is shutting down.
	 */
	public void closeMapper();
}