com.partnersoft.v3x.apps.Propagate
Interface FilePropagator

All Known Implementing Classes:

EmptyDirPropagator, PreferencesPropagator, ResourceFilePropagator, TreePropagator

public interface FilePropagator

A manager that decides when a file is out of date and how to update it. This can be fairly complex for some files (e.g. root of a directory tree)

Method Summary

boolean	outOfDate(java.io.File master, java.io.File slave)
void	update(java.io.File master, java.io.File slave) Updates the slave from the master.

Method Detail

outOfDate

boolean outOfDate(java.io.File master,
                  java.io.File slave)

update

void update(java.io.File master,
            java.io.File slave)
            throws java.io.IOException

Updates the slave from the master. In general, assumes that outOfDate() or equivalent is called first (i.e., only updates if necessary)

Throws:

java.io.IOException