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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
      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 com.android.documentsui.clipping;
     18 
     19 import android.net.Uri;
     20 
     21 import java.io.File;
     22 import java.io.IOException;
     23 
     24 /**
     25  * Interface for clip data URI storage.
     26  */
     27 public interface ClipStore {
     28 
     29     /**
     30      * Gets a {@link File} instance given a tag.
     31      *
     32      * This method creates a symbolic link in the slot folder to the data file as a reference
     33      * counting method. When someone is done using this symlink, it's responsible to delete it.
     34      * Therefore we can have a neat way to track how many things are still using this slot.
     35      */
     36     File getFile(int tag) throws IOException;
     37 
     38     /**
     39      * Returns a Reader. Callers must close the reader when finished.
     40      */
     41     ClipStorageReader createReader(File file) throws IOException;
     42 
     43     /**
     44      * Writes the uris to the next available slot, returning the tag for that slot.
     45      *
     46      * @return int the tag used to store the URIs.
     47      */
     48     int persistUris(Iterable<Uri> uris);
     49 }
     50