net.sf.mmm.util.io.api

Interface FileItem

All Known Implementing Classes:

JsFile

public interface FileItem

This is the interface for a File. This abstraction is required as abstraction since a web-client cannot support File.

Since:

4.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getId()
String	getName()
long	getSize()

Method Detail

getId

Object getId()

Returns:

the unique ID of the file. This can be the absolute path of the filesystem or the ID of a BLOB in a database.

getName

String getName()

Returns:

the name of the file (e.g. "Sounds of joy.ogg").

getSize

long getSize()

Returns:

the size of the file in bytes.