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17 package org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider;
18
19 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileName;
20 import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException;
21
22 /**
23 * Provides methods to parse a file name into a {@link org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileName}.
24 */
25 public interface FileNameParser {
26
27 /**
28 * Check if a character needs encoding (%nn).
29 *
30 * @param ch the character
31 * @return true if character should be encoded
32 */
33 boolean encodeCharacter(char ch);
34
35 /**
36 * Parses a String into a file name.
37 *
38 * @param context The component context.
39 * @param base The base FileName.
40 * @param uri The target file name.
41 * @return A FileName that represents the taret file.
42 * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs parsing the URI.
43 */
44 FileName parseUri(VfsComponentContext context, FileName base, String uri) throws FileSystemException;
45 }