org/sonews/storage/StorageProvider.java
author bei
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:48:53 +0200
changeset 32 3af4237e4a15
parent 20 6ae5e4f8329b
permissions -rw-r--r--
added build.xml + small bugfix
     1 /*
     2  *   SONEWS News Server
     3  *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
     4  *
     5  *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     6  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
     7  *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
     8  *   (at your option) any later version.
     9  *
    10  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    11  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    12  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    13  *   GNU General Public License for more details.
    14  *
    15  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    16  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
    17  */
    18 
    19 package org.sonews.storage;
    20 
    21 /**
    22  * Provides access to storage backend instances.
    23  * @author Christian Lins
    24  * @since sonews/1.0
    25  */
    26 public interface StorageProvider
    27 {
    28 
    29   public boolean isSupported(String uri);
    30 
    31   /**
    32    * This method returns the reference to the associated storage.
    33    * The reference MAY be unique for each thread. In any case it MUST be
    34    * thread-safe to use this method.
    35    * @return The reference to the associated Storage.
    36    */
    37   public Storage storage(Thread thread)
    38     throws StorageBackendException;
    39 
    40 }