alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/avm/FileNode.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Alfresco, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
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 *
 *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
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package org.alfresco.repo.avm;

/**
 * Interface for the generic idea of a file.
 * @author britt
 */
interface FileNode extends AVMNode
{
    /**
     * Get the content object associated with this node, for reading.
     * @param version The version to get in.
     * @return A FileContent object.
     */
    public FileContent getContentForRead(Repository repo);

    /**
     * Get the content object for writing.  This will do COW
     * as needed.
     * @param The repository.
     * @return A FileContent object.
     */
    public FileContent getContentForWrite(Repository repo);
}