001/*
002 * Copyright (C) 2012 eXo Platform SAS.
003 *
004 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
005 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
006 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
007 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
008 *
009 * This software 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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
015 * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
016 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
017 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
018 */
019package org.crsh.vfs.spi;
020
021import org.crsh.vfs.Path;
022
023import java.io.IOException;
024
025/**
026 * The mount factory is able to create mounts for a given file system and a specified path.
027 *
028 * @author Julien Viet
029 */
030public interface FSMountFactory<H> {
031
032  /**
033   * Resolve a mount for the specified path.
034   *
035   * @param path the path
036   * @return the created mount object
037   * @throws IOException any io exception
038   */
039  Mount<H> create(Path path) throws IOException;
040
041}