AbstractArchiveFactory


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23  
24  package com.sun.enterprise.deployment.deploy.shared;
25  
26  import java.io.IOException  ;
27  
28  /**
29   * This interface defines the behaviour for obtaining an abstraction
30   * of the Jar file protocol. The interface implementation returned 
31   * by the methods of this interface will abstract the necessary 
32   * protocol used by the archivists to open/store J2EE Bundles.
33   *
34   * @author Jerome ochez
35   */
36  public interface AbstractArchiveFactory {    
37  
38      /**
39       * create a new archive abstraction with the given path and 
40       * return an implementation responsible for storing elements 
41       * to this archive abstraction
42       *
43       * @param path for the new archive
44       * @return the abstraction to manipulate the archive
45       */
46      AbstractArchive createArchive(String   path)  throws IOException  ;    
47      
48      /**
49       * open an existing archive described by the path and return 
50       * an implementation responsible for retrieving eleemnts from 
51       * this archive abstraction
52       *
53       * @param path for the existing archive
54       * @return the abstraction to get entries from
55       */
56      AbstractArchive openArchive(String   path)  throws IOException  ;
57      
58      
59  }
60
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