Application: gvSIG desktop » Library: org.gvsig.tools

package org.gvsig.tools.resourcesstorage;

import java.io.Closeable;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStream;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import java.net.URL;

import java.util.List;

/**

 *

 * @author jjdelcerro

 */

public interface ResourcesStorage {

    public interface Resource extends Closeable {

        /**

         * El recurso es de solo lectura, normalmente por que el tipo de recurso

         * no permite escribir sobre el.

         * 

         * Podria devolver false, y a pesar de ello no poder escribir, normalmente

         * por carecer de permisos para ello.

         * 

         * @return 

         */

        public boolean isReadOnly();

        public URL getURL();

        public boolean exists();

        public InputStream asInputStream() throws IOException;

        public OutputStream asOutputStream() throws IOException;

        @Override

        public void close();

    }

    public static final ResourcesStorage EMPTY_RESOURCESSTORAGE = new EmptyResourcesStorage();

    public static ResourcesStorage createFilesResourcesStorage(String pathName) {

        return new FilesResourcesStorage(pathName);

    }

    public static MultiResourcesStorage createMultiResourcesStorage() {

        return new BaseMultiResourcesStorage();

    }   

    public String getSeparator();

    public Resource getResource(String resourceName);

    public List<Resource> getResources(String resourceName);

    public Resource getLocalizedResource(String resourceName);

    public List<Resource> getLocalizedResources(String resourceName);

    public boolean isEmpty();

    public boolean isReadOnly();

    public boolean exists(String resourceName);

}