repository.java

一个类似于openJMS分布在ObjectWeb之下的JMS消息中间件。

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 ScalAgent Distributed Technologies
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
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 *
 * Initial developer(s): ScalAgent Distributed Technologies
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 */
package fr.dyade.aaa.util;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 *  This interface defines a repository for serializable objects and bytes
 * array.
 */
public interface Repository {
  /**
   * Initializes the repository.
   */
  public void init(File dir) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Gets a list of persistent objects that name corresponds to prefix.
   *
   * @return The list of corresponding names.
   */
  public String[] list(String prefix) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Save the corresponding bytes array.
   */
  public void save(String dirName, String name, byte[] content) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Loads the byte array.
   *
   * @return The loaded bytes array.
   */
  public byte[] load(String dirName, String name) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Loads the object.
   *
   * @return The loaded object or null if it does not exist.
   */
  public Object loadobj(String dirName, String name) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;

  /**
   * Deletes the corresponding objects in repository.
   */
  public void delete(String dirName, String name) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Commits all changes to the repository.
   */
  public void commit() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Closes the repository.
   */
  public void close() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Returns the number of save operation to repository.
   *
   * @return The number of save operation to repository.
   */
  public int getNbSavedObjects();

  /**
   * Returns the number of delete operation on repository.
   *
   * @return The number of delete operation on repository.
   */
  public int getNbDeletedObjects();

  /**
   * Returns the number of useless delete operation on repository.
   *
   * @return The number of useless delete operation on repository.
   */
  public int getNbBadDeletedObjects();

  /**
   * Returns the number of load operation from repository.
   *
   * @return The number of load operation from repository.
   */
  public int getNbLoadedObjects();
}