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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;
43 * If this flag is set the Group is marked as readonly and the posting
44 * is prohibited. This can be useful for groups that are synced only in
47 public static final int READONLY = 0x2;
49 * If this flag is set the Group is marked as deleted and must not occur
50 * in any output. The deletion is done lazily by a low priority daemon.
52 public static final int DELETED = 0x80;
54 public static List<Channel> getAll()
56 List<Channel> all = new ArrayList<Channel>();
58 /*List<Channel> agroups = AggregatedGroup.getAll();
64 List<Channel> groups = Group.getAll();
72 public static Channel getByName(String name)
73 throws StorageBackendException
75 return StorageManager.current().getGroup(name);
78 public abstract Article getArticle(long idx)
79 throws StorageBackendException;
81 public abstract List<Pair<Long, ArticleHead>> getArticleHeads(
82 final long first, final long last)
83 throws StorageBackendException;
85 public abstract List<Long> getArticleNumbers()
86 throws StorageBackendException;
88 public abstract long getFirstArticleNumber()
89 throws StorageBackendException;
91 public abstract long getIndexOf(Article art)
92 throws StorageBackendException;
94 public abstract long getInternalID();
96 public abstract long getLastArticleNumber()
97 throws StorageBackendException;
99 public abstract String getName();
101 public abstract long getPostingsCount()
102 throws StorageBackendException;
104 public abstract boolean isDeleted();
106 public abstract boolean isWriteable();