| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 1997, 2008 by ProSyst Software GmbH |
| * http://www.prosyst.com |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * ProSyst Software GmbH - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ip; |
| |
| import java.util.Dictionary; |
| |
| /** |
| * Provides persistent storage for the Initial Provisioning Dictionary. This |
| * service is used by the Provisioning Agent to store the provisioning data. |
| * |
| * @author Avgustin Marinov, e-mail: a_marinov@prosyst.bg |
| * @author Pavlin Dobrev |
| * @version 1.0 |
| */ |
| |
| public interface ProvisioningStorage { |
| |
| /** |
| * This method is invoked by Provisioning Agent on startup. The storage |
| * returns the stored data. After that the provisioning service is |
| * responsible to put the data into the provisioning service dictionary. |
| * |
| * @return the stored info |
| * @throws Exception |
| * an exception if I/O error occurs |
| */ |
| public Dictionary getStoredInfo() throws Exception; |
| |
| /** |
| * This method is invoked by provisioning service on provisioning data |
| * update. The storage must store the data. |
| * |
| * @param provisioningData |
| * Provisioning Data dictionary. |
| * @throws Exception |
| * if the data cannot be stored |
| */ |
| public void store(Dictionary provisioningData) throws Exception; |
| } |
