org.apache.commons.vfs2.operations

Interface FileOperation

All Known Subinterfaces:

VcsAdd, VcsCheckout, VcsCommit, VcsDelete, VcsLog, VcsRevert, VcsUpdate

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFileOperation

public interface FileOperation

A FileOperation is an object that brings an extra function to a FileObject. The VFS provides the basic functionality to deal with FileObject's. That is create, delete, rename, copy, and so on functions. However, if you are working with FileSystem and its files are, for example, under Version Control System (VCS) you might want to get an access to the versioning framework and to be able to manage your files regarding VCS (e.g. commit them, update, get logs, etc.). Such type of extended functionality is provided by FileOperation.

The FileOperation interface is a genetic interface that should not be implemented directly. It rather should be extended by other interfaces that provide some concrete functions.

FileOperation is provided by

Since:

0.1

See Also:

Especially the FileOperationProvider is responsible for looking up and instantiating any concrete FileOperation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	process() Performs necessary actions that are related to the concrete implementation of a FileOperation.

Method Detail

process

void process()
      throws FileSystemException

Performs necessary actions that are related to the concrete implementation of a FileOperation.

Throws:

FileSystemException - if an error occurs