org/sonews/storage/StorageProvider.java
changeset 5 ad210aa137a4
child 20 6ae5e4f8329b
     1.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     1.2 +++ b/org/sonews/storage/StorageProvider.java	Thu Aug 06 18:34:10 2009 +0200
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     1.4 +/*
     1.5 + *   SONEWS News Server
     1.6 + *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
     1.7 + *
     1.8 + *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     1.9 + *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    1.10 + *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    1.11 + *   (at your option) any later version.
    1.12 + *
    1.13 + *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    1.14 + *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    1.15 + *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    1.16 + *   GNU General Public License for more details.
    1.17 + *
    1.18 + *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    1.19 + *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
    1.20 + */
    1.21 +
    1.22 +package org.sonews.storage;
    1.23 +
    1.24 +/**
    1.25 + *
    1.26 + * @author Christian Lins
    1.27 + * @since sonews/1.0
    1.28 + */
    1.29 +public interface StorageProvider
    1.30 +{
    1.31 +
    1.32 +  public boolean isSupported(String uri);
    1.33 +
    1.34 +  /**
    1.35 +   * This method returns the reference to the associated storage.
    1.36 +   * The reference MAY be unique for each thread. In any case it MUST be
    1.37 +   * thread-safe to use this method.
    1.38 +   * @return The reference to the associated Storage.
    1.39 +   */
    1.40 +  public Storage storage(Thread thread)
    1.41 +    throws StorageBackendException;
    1.42 +
    1.43 +}