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org.apache.excalibur.source
Interface ModifiableTraversableSource

All Superinterfaces:

ModifiableSource, Source, TraversableSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileSource

public interface ModifiableTraversableSource

extends ModifiableSource, TraversableSource

A modifiable traversable source. This adds to ModifiableSource the ability to create a directory.

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 11:47:26 $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Method Summary

void	makeCollection() If it doesn't already exist, ensure this source is traversable (equivalent to File.mkdirs())

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.excalibur.source.ModifiableSource

canCancel, cancel, delete, getOutputStream

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.excalibur.source.Source

exists, getContentLength, getInputStream, getLastModified, getMimeType, getScheme, getURI, getValidity, refresh

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.excalibur.source.TraversableSource

getChild, getChildren, getName, getParent, isCollection

Method Detail

makeCollection

public void makeCollection()
                    throws SourceException

If it doesn't already exist, ensure this source is traversable (equivalent to File.mkdirs())

If the source already exists, this method does nothing if it's already traversable, and fails otherwise.

Throws:

SourceException