//$HeadURL$
/*---------------- FILE HEADER ------------------------------------------
This file is part of deegree.
Copyright (C) 2001-2008 by:
Department of Geography, University of Bonn
http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/deegree/
lat/lon GmbH
http://www.lat-lon.de
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library 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 GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Contact:
Andreas Poth
lat/lon GmbH
Aennchenstr. 19
53177 Bonn
Germany
E-Mail: poth@lat-lon.de
Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve
Department of Geography
University of Bonn
Meckenheimer Allee 166
53115 Bonn
Germany
E-Mail: greve@giub.uni-bonn.de
---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
package org.deegree.igeo.io;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.URL;
import org.deegree.igeo.ApplicationContainer;
/**
* The <code></code> class TODO add class documentation here.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
*
* @author last edited by: $Author$
*
* @version $Revision$, $Date$
*
*/
public interface FileSystemAccess {
/**
*
* @param appCont
*/
void setApplicationContainer( ApplicationContainer<?> appCont);
/**
*
* @param directory
* @return list of files and directories contained in passed directory
*/
File[] listDirectory(File directory, String ... extension) throws IOException;
/**
*
* @param file
* @return {@link InputStream} for accessing a file
* @throws IOException
*/
InputStream readFile(File file) throws IOException;
/**
*
* @param file
* @return URL for passed file
*/
URL getFileURL(String file) throws IOException;
/**
* writes a file. Content is read from passed {@link Reader}
* @param file
* @param contentReader
* @throws IOException
*/
void writeFile(File file, Reader contentReader) throws IOException;
/**
* writes a file. Content is read from passed {@link InputStream}
* @param file
* @param contentStream
* @throws IOException
*/
void writeFile(File file, InputStream contentStream) throws IOException;
/**
* deletes a file
* @param file
* @throws IOException
*/
void deleteFile(File file) throws IOException;
/**
*
* @param file
* @return <code>true</code> if passed file exists
*/
boolean exists(File file) throws IOException;
}