diff -r 000000000000 -r 7e527fdf0fa8 org/sonews/storage/StorageProvider.java
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+++ b/org/sonews/storage/StorageProvider.java	Fri Aug 21 17:33:15 2009 +0200
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.storage;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/1.0
+ */
+public interface StorageProvider
+{
+
+  public boolean isSupported(String uri);
+
+  /**
+   * This method returns the reference to the associated storage.
+   * The reference MAY be unique for each thread. In any case it MUST be
+   * thread-safe to use this method.
+   * @return The reference to the associated Storage.
+   */
+  public Storage storage(Thread thread)
+    throws StorageBackendException;
+
+}