All Known Implementing Classes:

InPlaceDataTransferer, LocalDataTransferer, RemoteDataTransferer

public interface DataTransfer

Version:

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Objects implementing this interface define how to transfer products to the DataStore repository.

Author:

mattmann

static final String X_POINT_ID

Method Detail

setFileManagerUrl

void setFileManagerUrl(URL url)

Parameters:

url - The URL to the File Manager that this transferer will be transferring Products to.

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transferProduct

void transferProduct(Product product)
                     throws DataTransferException,
                            IOException

Parameters:

product - The product that is being transferred. The product should have both its origFileLocation, as well as its dataStoreRefs filled in to perform the transfer.

Throws:

DataTransferException - If a general error occurs during the transfer.

IOException - If there is an IO eerror when performing the transfer.

void retrieveProduct(Product product,
                     File directory)
                     throws DataTransferException,
                            IOException

Requires that the data store reference be set, nothing else is used

Parameters:

product - The product whose data store reference will be copied

directory - The directory where the data store reference will be copied to

Throws:

DataTransferException - If a general error occurs during the transfer.

IOException - If there is an IO eerror when performing the transfer.