source: ether_core/trunk/kit/interactifKit/zipContent/src/RemoteFile.java @ 784

package fr.alcatel.ether.app.common;

// JDK - io
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
// JDK - rmi
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.rmi.NotBoundException;
// JDK - net
import java.net.MalformedURLException;

public interface RemoteFile extends Serializable {
    /** obtain the file manager that handles this file */
                public RemoteFileManager getFileManager( ) throws RemoteException, NotBoundException, MalformedURLException;
    /** obtain the host that this file resides on */
    public String getHost( ) throws RemoteException;
    /** obtain the base directory of this file */
    public String getBaseDir( ) throws RemoteException;
    /** update the base directory of this file */
    public void setBaseDir( String base ) throws RemoteException;
    /** obtain the pathname of this file */
    public String getPath( ) throws RemoteException;
    /** obtain the absolute pathname of this file, prefixed by base dir, eventually including path to archive */
    public String getAbsolutePath( ) throws RemoteException;
    /** obtain the relative pathname of this file, eventually including path to archive */
    public String getRelativePath( ) throws RemoteException;
    /** obtain the canonical pathname of this file, that is to say canonical (relative) path + file name */
    public String getCanonicalPath( ) throws RemoteException;
    /** update the canonical pathname of this file, that is to say canonical (relative) path + file name */
    public void setCanonicalPath( String canonical ) throws RemoteException;
    /** check if this file is contained in a tar archive */
    public boolean isArchive( ) throws RemoteException;
    /** check if this file should include the canonical path in its absolute path */
    public boolean usesCanonicalPath( ) throws RemoteException;
    /** make this file include the canonical path in pathname */
    public void useCanonicalPath( boolean useCanonicalPath ) throws RemoteException;
                /** return the underlying File object (only good on the host's filesystem) */
    public File getFile( ) throws RemoteException, IOException;
}