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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.maintenance.backup.vfs;
+
+import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemManager;
+import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemOptions;
+
+/** Performs the backup of a single component, typically a database dump */
+public interface AtomicBackup {
+ /** Name identifiying this backup */
+ public String getName();
+
+ /**
+ * Retrieves the data of the component in a format that allows to restore
+ * the component
+ *
+ * @param backupContext
+ * the context of this backup
+ * @return the VFS URI of the generated file or directory
+ */
+ public String backup(FileSystemManager fileSystemManager,
+ String backupsBase, BackupContext backupContext,
+ FileSystemOptions opts);
+}