001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2006-2007 Nuxeo SAS (http://nuxeo.com/) and contributors. 003 * 004 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 005 * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License 006 * (LGPL) version 2.1 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 007 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html 008 * 009 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 010 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 011 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 012 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 013 * 014 * Contributors: 015 * Nuxeo - initial API and implementation 016 * $Id$ 017 */ 018 019package org.nuxeo.ecm.directory; 020 021import java.util.List; 022 023public interface DirectoryFactory { 024 025 String getName(); 026 027 /** 028 * Returns the directory with the given name. 029 * 030 * @param name the name of the directory 031 * @return the directory with the given name 032 * @throws DirectoryException 033 */ 034 Directory getDirectory(String name) throws DirectoryException; 035 036 /** 037 * @return a list with all the directories managed by this factory 038 * @throws DirectoryException 039 */ 040 List<Directory> getDirectories() throws DirectoryException; 041 042 void shutdown() throws DirectoryException; 043 044}