StorageFactory


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22  package org.apache.derby.io;
23  
24  import java.io.IOException  ;
25  
26  /**
27   * This interface provides basic storage functions needed for read only databases. Most storage
28   * implementations will be read-write and implement the WritableStorageFactory extension of this
29   * interface.
30   *
31   *<p>
32   * The database engine uses this interface to access storage. The normal database engine
33   * implements this interface using disk files and the standard java.io classes.
34   *
35   *<p>
36   * The storage factory must implement writable temporary files, even if the database is read-only or
37   * if the storage factory is read-only (i.e. it does not implement the WritableStorageFactory extension of this
38   * interface). Temporary files are those created under the temporary file directory. See
39   * {@link #getTempDir method getTempDir()}.
40   *
41   *<p>The database engine can be turned into a RAM based engine by providing a RAM based implementation of this interface.
42   *
43   *<p>There is one instance of the StorageFactory per database if the log files are kept in the database directory.
44   * If the log files are kept on a separate device then a second StorageFactory is instantiated to hold the log files.
45   * The database or log device name is set when the init method is called.
46   * The init method is called once per instance, before any other StorageFactory method.
47   *
48   *<p>The class implementing this interface must have a public niladic constructor. The init method will be called
49   * before any other method to set the database directory name, to tell the factory to create the database
50   * directory if necessary, and to allow the implementation to perform any initializations it requires. The
51   * database name set in the init method forms a separate name space. Different StorageFactory instances, with
52   * different database directory names, must ensure that their files do not clash. So, for instance,
53   * storageFactory1.newStorageFile( "x") must be a separate file from storageFactory2.newStorageFile( "x").
54   *
55   *<p>The database engine will call this interface's methods from its own privilege blocks. This does not give
56   * a StorageFactory implementation carte blanche: a security manager can still forbid the implemeting class from
57   * executing a privileged action. However, the security manager will not look in the calling stack beyond the
58   * database engine.
59   *
60   *<p>Each StorageFactory instance may be concurrently used by multiple threads. Each StorageFactory implementation
61   * must be thread safe.
62   *
63   *<p>A StorageFactory implementation is plugged into the database engine via a sub-protocol. Sub-protocol <i>xxx</i> is
64   * tied to a StorageFactory implementation class via the derby.subSubProtocol.<i>xxx</i> system property. So,
65   * to use StorageFactory implementation class MyStorageFactory with database myDB you would set the system
66   * property "derby.subSubProtocol.mysf=MyStorageFactory" and use the URL "jdbc:derby:mysf:myDB" to
67   * connect to the database.
68   *
69   * @see WritableStorageFactory
70   * @see StorageFile
71   * @see StorageRandomAccessFile
72   * @see <a HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/File.html">java.io.File</a>
73   * @see <a HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/RandomAccessFile.html">java.io.RandomAccessFile</a>
74   * @see <a HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/InputStream.html">java.io.InputStream</a>
75   * @see <a HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/OutputStream.html">java.io.OutputStream</a>
76   */
77  public interface StorageFactory
78  {
79  
80      /**
81       * Classes implementing the StorageFactory interface must have a null
82       * constructor.  The init method is called when the database is booted up to
83       * initialize the class. It should perform all actions necessary to start the
84       * basic storage, such as creating a temporary file directory.
85       *
86       * This method should not create the database directory.
87       *<p>
88       * The init method will be called once, before any other method is called, and will not
89       * be called again.
90       *
91       * @param home The name of the directory containing the database. It comes from the system.home system property.
92       *             It may be null. A storage factory may decide to ignore this parameter. (For instance the classpath
93       *             storage factory ignores it).
94       * @param databaseName The name of the database (directory). The name does not include the subsubprotocol.
95       *                     If null then the storage factory will only be used to deal with the directory containing
96       *                     the databases.
97       * @param tempDirName The name of the temporary file directory set in properties. If null then a default
98       *                    directory should be used. Each database should get a separate temporary file
99       *                    directory within this one to avoid collisions.
100      * @param uniqueName A unique name that can be used to create the temporary file directory for this database.
101      *                   If null then temporary files will not be created in this StorageFactory instance, and the
102      *                   temporary file directory should not be created.
103      *
104      * @exception IOException
105      */
106     public void init( String   home, String   databaseName, String   tempDirName, String   uniqueName)
107         throws IOException  ;
108 
109     /**
110      * The shutdown method is called during the normal shutdown of the database. However, the database
111      * engine cannot guarantee that shutdown will be called. If the JVM terminates abnormally then it will
112      * not be called.
113      */
114     public void shutdown();
115 
116     /**
117      * Get the canonical name of the database. This is a name that uniquely identifies it. It is system dependent.
118      *
119      * The normal, disk based implementation uses method java.io.File.getCanonicalPath on the directory holding the
120      * database to construct the canonical name.
121      *
122      * @return the canonical name
123      *
124      * @exception IOException if an IO error occurred during the construction of the name.
125      */
126     public String   getCanonicalName() throws IOException  ;
127     
128     /**
129      * Construct a StorageFile from a path name.
130      *
131      * @param path The path name of the file. If null then return the database directory.
132      *             If this parameter denotes the temp directory or a directory under the temp
133      *             directory then the resulting StorageFile denotes a temporary file. Otherwise
134      *             the path must be relative to the database and the resulting StorageFile denotes a
135      *             regular database file (non-temporary).
136      *
137      * @return A corresponding StorageFile object
138      */
139     public StorageFile newStorageFile( String   path);
140 
141     /**
142      * Construct a non-temporary StorageFile from a directory and file name.
143      *
144      * @param directoryName The directory part of the path name. If this parameter denotes the
145      *                      temp directory or a directory under the temp directory then the resulting
146      *                      StorageFile denotes a temporary file. Otherwise the directory name must be
147      *                      relative to the database and the resulting StorageFile denotes a
148      *                      regular database file (non-temporary).
149      * @param fileName The name of the file within the directory.
150      *
151      * @return A corresponding StorageFile object
152      */
153     public StorageFile newStorageFile( String   directoryName, String   fileName);
154 
155     /**
156      * Construct a StorageFile from a directory and file name. The StorageFile may denote a temporary file
157      * or a non-temporary database file, depending upon the directoryName parameter.
158      *
159      * @param directoryName The directory part of the path name. If this parameter denotes the
160      *                      temp directory or a directory under the temp directory then the resulting
161      *                      StorageFile denotes a temporary file. Otherwise the resulting StorageFile denotes a
162      *                      regular database file (non-temporary).
163      * @param fileName The name of the file within the directory.
164      *
165      * @return A corresponding StorageFile object
166      */
167     public StorageFile newStorageFile( StorageFile directoryName, String   fileName);
168 
169     /**
170      * Get the pathname separator character used by the StorageFile implementation. This is the
171      * separator that must be used in directory and file name strings.
172      *
173      * @return the pathname separator character. (Normally '/' or '\').
174      */
175     public char getSeparator();
176 
177     /**
178      * Get the abstract name of the directory that holds temporary files.
179      *<p>
180      * The StorageFactory implementation
181      * is not required to make temporary files persistent. That is, files created in the temp directory are
182      * not required to survive a shutdown of the database engine.
183      *<p>
184      * However, files created in the temp directory must be writable, <b>even if the database is
185      * otherwise read-only</b>.
186      *
187      * @return a directory name
188      */
189     public StorageFile getTempDir();
190 
191     /**
192      * This method is used to determine whether the storage is fast (RAM based) or slow (disk based).
193      * It may be used by the database engine to determine the default size of the page cache.
194      *
195      * @return <b>true</b> if the storage is fast, <b>false</b> if it is slow.
196      */
197     public boolean isFast();
198 
199     /**
200      * Determine whether the database is read only. The database engine supports read-only databases, even
201      * in file systems that are writable.
202      *
203      * @return <b>true</b> if the storage is read only, <b>false</b> if it is writable.
204      */
205     public boolean isReadOnlyDatabase();
206 
207     /**
208      * Determine whether the storage supports random access. If random access is not supported then
209      * it will only be accessed using InputStreams and OutputStreams (if the database is writable).
210      *
211      * @return <b>true</b> if the storage supports random access, <b>false</b> if it is writable.
212      */
213     public boolean supportsRandomAccess();
214 
215     /**
216      * The version number of this version of the StorageFactory interface and its subsidiary interfaces.
217      */
218     int VERSION_NUMBER = 1;
219 
220     /**
221      * @return the StorageFactory version supported by this implementation
222      */
223     public int getStorageFactoryVersion();
224 }
225
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