Location

All Known Implementing Classes:: ArtifactLocation, FileLocation, URLLocation

public interface Location

The location interface.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

void

close()

Close the location.

File

getFile()

InputStream

getInputStream()

String

getSpecification()

void

open()

open the location.

int

read(byte[] buffer)

int

read(ByteBuffer buffer)

Method Details
- getFile
  
  File getFile() throws IOException
  
  Returns:
  
  File.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - in case of an error.
- open
  
  void open() throws IOException
  
  open the location.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - in case of an error.
- close
  
  void close()
  
  Close the location.
- read
  
  int read(ByteBuffer buffer) throws IOException
  
  Parameters:
  
  buffer - The buffer.
  
  Returns:
  
  number of read bytes.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - in case of an error.
- read
  
  int read(byte[] buffer) throws IOException
  
  Parameters:
  
  buffer - The buffer.
  
  Returns:
  
  number of read bytes.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - in case of an error.
- getInputStream
  
  InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException
  
  Returns:
  
  the resulting input stream.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - in case of an error.
- getSpecification
  
  String getSpecification()
  
  Returns:
  
  spec.