Add stubs for org.sonews.acl and add method "impliedCapability" for org.sonews.command.Command interface.
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19 package org.sonews.storage;
21 import java.util.ArrayList;
22 import java.util.List;
23 import org.sonews.util.Pair;
26 * A logical communication Channel is the a generic structural element for sets
27 * of messages; e.g. a Newsgroup for a set of Articles.
28 * A Channel can either be a real set of messages or an aggregated set of
30 * @author Christian Lins
33 public abstract class Channel
37 * If this flag is set the Group is no real newsgroup but a mailing list
38 * mirror. In that case every posting and receiving mails must go through
39 * the mailing list gateway.
41 public static final int MAILINGLIST = 0x1;
44 * If this flag is set the Group is marked as readonly and the posting
45 * is prohibited. This can be useful for groups that are synced only in
48 public static final int READONLY = 0x2;
51 * If this flag is set the Group is marked as deleted and must not occur
52 * in any output. The deletion is done lazily by a low priority daemon.
54 public static final int DELETED = 0x80;
56 public static List<Channel> getAll()
58 List<Channel> all = new ArrayList<Channel>();
60 /*List<Channel> agroups = AggregatedGroup.getAll();
66 List<Channel> groups = Group.getAll();
75 public static Channel getByName(String name)
77 return Group.getByName(name);
80 public abstract Article getArticle(long idx)
81 throws StorageBackendException;
83 public abstract List<Pair<Long, ArticleHead>> getArticleHeads(
84 final long first, final long last)
85 throws StorageBackendException;
87 public abstract List<Long> getArticleNumbers()
88 throws StorageBackendException;
90 public abstract long getFirstArticleNumber()
91 throws StorageBackendException;
93 public abstract long getIndexOf(Article art)
94 throws StorageBackendException;
96 public abstract long getInternalID();
98 public abstract long getLastArticleNumber()
99 throws StorageBackendException;
101 public abstract String getName();
103 public abstract long getPostingsCount()
104 throws StorageBackendException;
106 public abstract boolean isDeleted();
108 public abstract boolean isWriteable();