net.ontopia.infoset.core
Interface PreloaderIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

DiskPreloader

public interface PreloaderIF

INTERNAL: Interface for preloading locators.

Method Summary

boolean	needsPreloading(LocatorIF locator) INTERNAL: Can be used to figure out if it is necessary to preload the resource referenced by the locator.
LocatorIF	preload(LocatorIF locator) INTERNAL: Preloads the resource pointed to by the given locator.

Method Detail

preload

LocatorIF preload(LocatorIF locator)
                  throws java.io.IOException

INTERNAL: Preloads the resource pointed to by the given locator.

Returns:

Returns a locator that references the preloaded resource.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

needsPreloading

boolean needsPreloading(LocatorIF locator)

INTERNAL: Can be used to figure out if it is necessary to preload the resource referenced by the locator.