All Known Implementing Classes:

FileSystemImpl
```
public interface IAbstractFileSystem
```
A very basic abstraction of what a component storage does (whether local or remote) as far as a component repository is concerned.
Implementations of this interface serve to hold components and component resources organized in a folder style structure where the root level contains modules (or projects) and the second level contains component folders containing a properties file resource z.properties or direct component definitions in the form of .properties file resources.
File resources are provided via instances of AbstractFile.
All names for files are absolute. Paths do not start with "/" but paths are separated by "/". The root folder is hence named "", rather than "/"

Author:

hb

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`exists(java.lang.String name)`	Check whether a file exists.
`java.io.InputStream`	`getInputStream(java.lang.String name)`	Retrieve the named resource as InputStream
`java.io.File`	`getRoot()`	Returns the root folder
`java.util.Iterator<AbstractFile>`	`iterate(java.lang.String name, int depth)`	Iterate over files under another file, i.e. a folder.
`java.util.List<AbstractFile>`	`list(java.lang.String name, int depth)`	list files under another file, i.e. a folder.

- Method Detail
  - getRoot
```
java.io.File getRoot()
```
    Returns the root folder
    
    Returns:
    
    Root folder
  - exists
```
boolean exists(java.lang.String name)
        throws java.io.IOException
```
    Check whether a file exists.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name -
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the named file exists, false otherwise.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - getInputStream
```
java.io.InputStream getInputStream(java.lang.String name)
                            throws java.io.IOException
```
    Retrieve the named resource as InputStream
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - list
```
java.util.List<AbstractFile> list(java.lang.String name,
                                  int depth)
                           throws java.io.IOException
```
    list files under another file, i.e. a folder. The first result element is the named file as specified by the signature.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - iterate
```
java.util.Iterator<AbstractFile> iterate(java.lang.String name,
                                         int depth)
                                  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Iterate over files under another file, i.e. a folder. The first result element is the named file as specified by the signature. When working over large sets of files this method should realize the advantage that it does not require to read everything in advance, saving memory and time.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException

Interface IAbstractFileSystem

Method Summary

Method Detail

getRoot

exists

getInputStream

list

iterate