opengrok/history/HistoryCache.java

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package org.opensolaris.opengrok.history;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Map;

interface HistoryCache {

    /**
     * Create and initialize an empty history cache if one doesn't exist
     * already.
     *
     * @throws HistoryException if initialization fails
     */
    void initialize() throws HistoryException;

    /**
     * Check whether this cache implementation can store history for the given
     * repository.
     *
     * @param repository the repository to check
     * @return {@code true} if this cache implementation can store history
     * for the repository, or {@code false} otherwise
     */
    boolean supportsRepository(Repository repository);

    /**
     * Retrieve the history for the given file, either from the cache or by
     * parsing the history information in the repository.
     *
     * @param file The file to retrieve history for
     * @param parserClass The class that implements the parser to use
     * @param repository The external repository to read the history from (can
     * be <code>null</code>)
     * @param withFiles A flag saying whether or not the returned history
     * should include a list of files touched by each changeset. If false,
     * the implementation is allowed to skip the file list, but it doesn't
     * have to.
     * @throws HistoryException if the history cannot be fetched
     */
    History get(File file, Repository repository, boolean withFiles)
            throws HistoryException;

    /**
     * Store the history for a repository.
     *
     * @param history The history to store
     * @param repository The repository whose history to store
     * @throws HistoryException if the history cannot be stored
     */
    void store(History history, Repository repository)
            throws HistoryException;

    /**
     * Optimize how the history is stored on disk. This method is typically
     * called after the cache has been populated, or after large modifications
     * to the cache. The exact effect of this method is specific to each
     * implementation, but it may for example include compressing, compacting
     * or reordering the disk image of the cache in order to optimize
     * performance or space usage.
     *
     * @throws HistoryException if an error happens during optimization
     */
    void optimize() throws HistoryException;

    /**
     * Check if the specified directory is present in the cache.
     * @param directory the directory to check
     * @param repository the repository in which the directory is stored
     * @return {@code true} if the directory is in the cache, {@code false}
     * otherwise
     */
    boolean hasCacheForDirectory(File directory, Repository repository)
            throws HistoryException;

    /**
     * Get the revision identifier for the latest cached revision in a
     * repository.
     *
     * @param repository the repository whose latest revision to return
     * @return a string representing the latest revision in the cache, or
     * {@code null} if it is unknown
     */
    String getLatestCachedRevision(Repository repository)
            throws HistoryException;

    /**
     * Get the last modified times for all files and subdirectories in the
     * specified directory.
     *
     * @param directory which directory to fetch modification times for
     * @param repository the repository in which the directory lives
     * @return a map from file names to modification times
     */
    Map<String, Date> getLastModifiedTimes(
            File directory, Repository repository)
        throws HistoryException;

    /**
     * Clear the history cache for a repository.
     *
     * @param repository the repository whose cache to clear
     * @throws HistoryException if the cache couldn't be cleared
     */
    void clear(Repository repository) throws HistoryException;

    /**
     * Get a string with information about the history cache.
     *
     * @return a free form text string describing the history cache instance
     * @throws HistoryException if an error occurred while getting the info
     */
    String getInfo() throws HistoryException;
}