LocationModule

com.roxen.roxen
Interface LocationModule

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLocationModule

public abstract interface LocationModule

The interface for modules which have a specific URL path in the virtual file system.

See Also:

Module

Method Summary
java.lang.String[]	findDir(java.lang.String f, RoxenRequest id)           List the contents of a directory.
RoxenResponse	findFile(java.lang.String f, RoxenRequest id)           Request a file from this module.
java.lang.String	queryLocation()           Returns the URL path handled by this module.
java.lang.String	realFile(java.lang.String f, RoxenRequest id)           Get the real filename of a file.
int[]	statFile(java.lang.String f, RoxenRequest id)           Get the attributes of a file or directory.

 

Method Detail

queryLocation

public java.lang.String queryLocation()

Returns the URL path handled by this module.

Returns:

the path name

findFile

public RoxenResponse findFile(java.lang.String f,
RoxenRequest id)

Request a file from this module.

Parameters:

f - the path of the file relative to the location of this module

id - the request object

Returns:

a response, or null if no such file exists.

findDir

public java.lang.String[] findDir(java.lang.String f,
RoxenRequest id)

List the contents of a directory.

Parameters:

f - the path of the directory relative to the location of this module

id - the request object

Returns:

a list of filenames, or null if no such directory exists.

realFile

public java.lang.String realFile(java.lang.String f,
RoxenRequest id)

Get the real filename of a file.

Parameters:

f - the path of the file relative to the location of this module

id - the request object

Returns:

the path of the file in the host filesystem, or null if this resource is not a real file.

statFile

public int[] statFile(java.lang.String f,
RoxenRequest id)

Get the attributes of a file or directory. The attributes are a set of 7 integers. These are: mode, size, atime, mtime, ctime, uid, gid.

Parameters:

f - the path of the file or directory relative to the location of this module

id - the request object

Returns:

the attributes of this file or directory, or null if this information is not available.