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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2006 University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  
17  package org.opensaml.util.resource;
18  
19  import java.io.InputStream;
20  
21  import org.joda.time.DateTime;
22  
23  /** An interface representing an data resource. */
24  public interface Resource {
25  
26      /**
27       * Gets resource location information.  Examples might be filesystem path, URL, etc.
28       * 
29       * @return resource location information
30       */
31      public String getLocation();
32      
33      /**
34       * Checks whether the resource exists.
35       * 
36       * @return true if the resource exists, false if not
37       * 
38       * @throws ResourceException thrown if there is a problem determining if the resource exists
39       */
40      public boolean exists() throws ResourceException;
41      
42      /**
43       * Gets the inputstream to the resource's data.
44       * 
45       * @return inputstream to the resource's data
46       * 
47       * @throws ResourceException thrown if an input stream can not be created for the resource
48       */
49      public InputStream getInputStream() throws ResourceException;
50      
51      /**
52       * Gets the date and time the resource was last modified.
53       * 
54       * @return date and time the resource was last modified
55       * 
56       * @throws ResourceException thrown if the last modified time can not be determined
57       */
58      public DateTime getLastModifiedTime() throws ResourceException;
59  }