Package org.eclipse.serializer.afs.types

Interface AItem

All Known Subinterfaces:

ADirectory, ADirectory.Wrapper, AFile, AFile.Wrapper, AItem.Wrapper, AReadableFile, ARoot, AWritableFile

All Known Implementing Classes:

ADirectory.Abstract, ADirectory.Default, AFile.Default, AFile.Wrapper.Abstract, AItem.Abstract, AItem.Base, ARoot.Default

public interface AItem

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	AItem.Abstract
static class	AItem.Base
static interface	AItem.Wrapper

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AItem	actual(AItem item)
static VarString	assembleDebugString(AItem item, VarString vs)
static String[]	buildItemPath(AItem item)
static char	defaultSeparator()
boolean	exists()	Queries whether the item represented by this instance actually physically exists on the underlying storage layer.
AFileSystem	fileSystem()
String	identifier()	The value that uniquely identifies the item locally in its parent() directory.
ADirectory	parent()	The directory (identifying container) in which this item is located and in which no other item can have the same identifier() as this item.
String[]	toPath()
String	toPathString()	The value that uniquely identifies the item globally in the whole file system.

Method Detail

fileSystem

AFileSystem fileSystem()

parent

ADirectory parent()

The directory (identifying container) in which this item is located and in which no other item can have the same identifier() as this item.

Returns:

the item's parent directory.

See Also:

identifier(), toPathString()

toPathString

String toPathString()

The value that uniquely identifies the item globally in the whole file system.

Note that this value is usually a combination of the identifiers of parent() directories and the local identifier(), but such a relation is not mandatory.

Returns:

the item's globally unique identifier.

See Also:

parent(), identifier()

toPath

String[] toPath()

identifier

String identifier()

The value that uniquely identifies the item locally in its parent() directory.

Returns:

the item's locally unique identifier.

See Also:

parent(), toPathString()

exists

boolean exists()

Queries whether the item represented by this instance actually physically exists on the underlying storage layer.

Returns:

whether the item exists.

defaultSeparator

static char defaultSeparator()

buildItemPath

static String[] buildItemPath(AItem item)

assembleDebugString

static VarString assembleDebugString(AItem item,
                                     VarString vs)

actual

static AItem actual(AItem item)