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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Argeo GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.argeo.slc.execution;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+/** Provides write access to resources during execution */
+public interface ExecutionResources {
+ /** The base directory where this execution can write */
+ public File getWritableBaseDir();
+
+ /** Allocates a local file in the writable area and return it as a resource. */
+ public Path getWritableResource(String relativePath);
+
+ /**
+ * Allocates a local file in the writable area and return it as a fully
+ * qualified OS path.
+ */
+ public String getWritableOsPath(String relativePath);
+
+ /**
+ * Allocates a local file in the writable area and return it as a {@link File}.
+ */
+ public File getWritableOsFile(String relativePath);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the resource as a file path. If the resource is not writable it is
+ * copied as a file in the writable area and the path to this local file is
+ * returned.
+ */
+ public String getAsOsPath(Path resource, Boolean overwrite);
+}