ifilemanagement.java

一个用于搜索本地文件内容的小型搜索引擎

package invertedList;

import java.io.File;

/**
 * @author Jermaine
 *
 */
/**
 * @author Administrator
 * an interface deal with file issues
 */
public interface IFileManagement {
	
	/**
	 * add a file to the search engine to make the file available for search
	 * @param file
	 */
	void addFile(File file);
	
	void addFiles(File[] files);	
	
	/**
	 * remove a file from the search engine
	 * @param file
	 */
	void removeFile(File file);
	
	/**
	 * force the engine to reindex the files
	 */
	void reindex();
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * index one file
	 * @param file
	 */
	void index(File file);
	
	/**
	 * @param dir
	 * save index to a directory
	 */
	void saveIndexFile(File dir);
	
	/**
	 * @param dir
	 * @param force
	 * load indexes from a directory
	 */
	void loadIndexFile(File dir,boolean force);
}