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017 *     Florent Guillaume
018 */
019package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.blob.binary;
020
021import java.io.File;
022import java.io.IOException;
023
024/**
025 * Interface to store a file or fetch a file or its length.
026 *
027 * @since 5.9.2
028 */
029public interface FileStorage {
030
031    /**
032     * Stores a file based on a key.
033     *
034     * @param key the file key
035     * @param file the file
036     * @throws IOException if a storage error occurred
037     */
038    void storeFile(String key, File file) throws IOException;
039
040    /**
041     * Fetches a file based on its key.
042     *
043     * @param key the file key
044     * @param file the file to use to store the fetched data
045     * @return {@code true} if the file was fetched, {@code false} if the file was not found
046     * @throws IOException if a storage error occurred
047     */
048    boolean fetchFile(String key, File file) throws IOException;
049
050}