dk.heick.caching.persistences.file.subdirectory

Interface SubDirectoryCreator

All Known Implementing Classes:

CharactersSubDirectoryCreator, DefaultSubDirectoryCreator

public interface SubDirectoryCreator

A interface for creating a subdirectory in the caching directory.
An instance of this interface is called in "CachingDirectory.getSubDirectory()".

Since:

1.0

Author:

Frederik Heick

See Also:

CachingDirectory, CachingDirectory.getDirectory(), CachingDirectory.getSubDirectory(String)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
File	getSubDirectory(File directory, String key) Construct a sub

Method Detail

getSubDirectory

File getSubDirectory(File directory,
                     String key)

Construct a sub

Parameters:

directory - the base directory which is the default place to store the file value.

key - which is also the filename.

Returns:

a directory in where the file value will be stored, "CachingDirectory.getSubDirectory(String)" will have the responsility to create the directory/subdirectories.

See Also:

File.getName(), CachingDirectory.getSubDirectory(String)