org/sonews/storage/StorageProvider.java
author cli
Thu Aug 20 14:31:19 2009 +0200 (2009-08-20)
changeset 12 bb6990c0dd1a
child 20 6ae5e4f8329b
permissions -rw-r--r--
Merging fixes from sonews/1.0.3
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/*
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 *   SONEWS News Server
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 *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
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 *
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 *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 *   (at your option) any later version.
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 *
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 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
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 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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 */
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package org.sonews.storage;
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/**
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 *
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 * @author Christian Lins
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 * @since sonews/1.0
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 */
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public interface StorageProvider
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{
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  public boolean isSupported(String uri);
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  /**
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   * This method returns the reference to the associated storage.
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   * The reference MAY be unique for each thread. In any case it MUST be
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   * thread-safe to use this method.
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   * @return The reference to the associated Storage.
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   */
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  public Storage storage(Thread thread)
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    throws StorageBackendException;
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}