Storage.h

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// $Header: /cvsroot/acdk/acdk/acdk_core/src/acdk/io/Storage.h,v 1.10 2005/04/09 19:26:45 kommer Exp $
#ifndef acdk_io_Storage_h
#define acdk_io_Storage_h

namespace acdk {
namespace io {


using namespace acdk::lang;

ACDK_DECL_INTERFACE(Storage);


/**
  An Storage is an interface to query information of IO-Storages.
  API: ACDK<br/>
  @author Roger Rene Kommer (mailto:kommer@artefaktur.com)
  @version $Revision: 1.10 $
  @date $Date: 2005/04/09 19:26:45 $
  
  @see AbstractStorageWriter
  @see AbstractStorageReader
*/


class ACDK_CORE_PUBLIC Storage
      ACDK_INTERFACEBASE
{
  ACDK_WITH_METAINFO(Storage)
public :

  /** 
    @return the name of the device. Normally the filename 
  */
  virtual RString getDeviceName() = 0;
  /** 
    @return true if Storage is writable 
  */
  virtual bool isWriteable() = 0;
  /** 
    @return true if Storage is readable
  */
  virtual bool isReadable() = 0;
};

} // io
} // acdk
#endif //acdk_io_Storage_h