Package org.progettoedids.util.filehandlers

Interface FileDownloader

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocalFilesystem, S3Protocol

public interface FileDownloader

An interface for classes capable of loading a file located at a certain URI and return it as a String.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	download(URI uri)	Retrieves a file from the location specified in the URI and returns it as a String.

Method Details

download

String download(URI uri)
         throws IOException

Retrieves a file from the location specified in the URI and returns it as a String.

Parameters:

uri - A URI. Must not be null

Returns:

a String with the contents of the file

Throws:

IOException - if any issue occurs during the retrieval of the file