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1: /** 2: * =========================================================== 3: * LibRepository : a free Java content repository access layer 4: * =========================================================== 5: * 6: * Project Info: http://jfreereport.pentaho.org/librepository/ 7: * 8: * (C) Copyright 2006, by Pentaho Corporation and Contributors. 9: * 10: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms 11: * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; 12: * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 13: * 14: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 15: * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 16: * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. 17: * 18: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this 19: * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, 20: * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 21: * 22: * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 23: * in the United States and other countries.] 24: * 25: * ------------ 26: * ContentLocation.java 27: * ------------ 28: * (C) Copyright 2006, by Pentaho Corporation. 29: */ 30: 31: package org.jfree.repository; 32: 33: /** 34: * This represents a container in the repository. If the repository is a 35: * filesystem, this will be a directory. 36: * 37: * @author Thomas Morgner 38: */ 39: public interface ContentLocation extends ContentEntity 40: { 41: public ContentEntity[] listContents() throws ContentIOException; 42: 43: public ContentEntity getEntry (String name) throws ContentIOException; 44: 45: /** 46: * Creates a new data item in the current location. This method must never 47: * return null. 48: * 49: * @param name 50: * @return 51: * @throws ContentCreationException if the item could not be created. 52: */ 53: public ContentItem createItem (String name) throws ContentCreationException; 54: public ContentLocation createLocation (String name) throws ContentCreationException; 55: 56: public boolean exists(final String name); 57: }