Module platform.core

Package de.grogra.pf.io

Interface VirtualFileReaderSource

All Superinterfaces:

FilterSource, RegistryContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileSource, LazyFilter, NullSource, PreferencesFile

public interface VirtualFileReaderSource
extends FilterSource

This subinterface of FilterSource has to be implemented by filter sources whose flavor supports reading from an underlying virtual file (IOFlavor.VFILE_READER). It represents the data by a virtual file in a FileSystem.

Author:

Ole Kniemeyer

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface de.grogra.pf.io.FilterSource

FilterSource.MetaDataKey<V>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface de.grogra.pf.io.FilterSource

AUTO_PROGRESS, DESTINATION_FILE, DESTINATION_URL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	getFile()	Returns the file from which the data can be obtained.
FileSystem	getFileSystem()	Returns the file system in which the file is contained.

Methods inherited from interface de.grogra.pf.io.FilterSource

getFilter, getFlavor, getMetaData, getSystemId, initProgressMonitor, setMetaData, setProgress

Methods inherited from interface de.grogra.pf.registry.RegistryContext

getRegistry

Method Details

getFileSystem

FileSystem getFileSystem()

Returns the file system in which the file is contained.

Returns:

file system

getFile

Object getFile()

Returns the file from which the data can be obtained.

Returns:

file representing the data