Package com.yahoo.filedistribution.fileacquirer

Interface FileAcquirer

All Known Implementing Classes:

MockFileAcquirer

public interface FileAcquirer

Retrieves the path to a file or directory on the local file system that has been transferred with the vespa file distribution mechanism.

Author:

Tony Vaagenes

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	shutdown()
File	waitFor(com.yahoo.config.FileReference fileReference, long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit)	Returns the path to a file or directory corresponding to the given file reference.

Method Details

waitFor

File waitFor(com.yahoo.config.FileReference fileReference,
 long timeout,
 TimeUnit timeUnit)
      throws InterruptedException

Returns the path to a file or directory corresponding to the given file reference. File references are produced by the config system.

Throws:

TimeoutException - if the file or directory could not be retrieved in time.

FileReferenceDoesNotExistException - if the file is no longer available(due to reloading of config).

InterruptedException

shutdown

void shutdown()