org.entityfs.cap.entityattrs.impl.metadata
Interface AttributeFileRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetadataCapableDirectoryAttributeFileRepository

public interface AttributeFileRepository

This interface defines a repository whereby a ChildEntityAttributeManager can get an attribute file.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Karl Gustafsson

In_jar:

entityfs-entity_attributes

Method Summary

ReadWritableFile	createFile() Create a new entity attributes file and return it.
ReadWritableFile	getFile() Get the entity attributes file.

Method Detail

getFile

ReadWritableFile getFile()

Get the entity attributes file.

Returns:

The entity attributes file, or null if missing

createFile

ReadWritableFile createFile()
                            throws EntityFoundException

Create a new entity attributes file and return it.

Returns:

The new entity attributes file.

Throws:

EntityFoundException - If the entity attributes file already exist.