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package org.sana.android.db;

import android.net.Uri;

/**
 * Provides per-Uri based matching for table and content operations.
 * 
 * @author Sana Development
 *
 */
public interface UriHelper {

	/**
	 * Try to match against the path in a url. 
	 * 
	 * @param uri The url whose path we will match against. 
	 * @return The code for the matched node (added using addURI), or -1 if 
	 * 	there is no matched node.
	 */
	int match(Uri uri);
	
	/**
	 * Handle requests for the MIME type of the data at the given URI. Returned 
	 * MIME types should start with vnd.android.cursor.item for a single 
	 * record, or vnd.android.cursor.dir/ for multiple items.
	 *  
	 * @param uri
	 * @return
	 */
	String getType(Uri uri);
}