package org.infinispan.util;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * <p>
 * Holds the logic of looking up a file, in the following sequence:
 * </p> <ol> <li> try to load it with the current thread's
 * context ClassLoader</li> <li> if fails, the system ClassLoader</li> <li> if fails, try to load it as a file from the
 * disk </li> </ol>
 * 
 * <p>
 * Use {@link FileLookupFactory} to obtain an instance of {@link FileLookup}. This will result in an extended version
 * of {@link FileLookup} being used if in an OSGI environment.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Mircea.Markus@jboss.com
 * @author Pete Muir
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface FileLookup {

   /**
    * Looks up the file, see : {@link FileLookupFactory.DefaultFileLookup}.
    *
    * @param filename might be the name of the file (too look it up in the class path) or an url to a file.
    * @return an input stream to the file or null if nothing found through all lookup steps.
    */
   InputStream lookupFile(String filename, ClassLoader cl);

   /**
    * Looks up the file, see : {@link FileLookupFactory.DefaultFileLookup}.
    *
    * @param filename might be the name of the file (too look it up in the class path) or an url to a file.
    * @return an input stream to the file or null if nothing found through all lookup steps.
    * @throws FileNotFoundException if file cannot be found
    */
   InputStream lookupFileStrict(String filename, ClassLoader cl) throws FileNotFoundException;

   URL lookupFileLocation(String filename, ClassLoader cl);

   Collection<URL> lookupFileLocations(String filename, ClassLoader cl) throws IOException;

}