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package org.duracloud.retrieval.source;
import org.duracloud.common.model.ContentItem;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* @author: Bill Branan
* Date: Oct 12, 2010
*/
public interface RetrievalSource {
/**
* Provides the next content item to be processed, cycles through all spaces
* as necessary. Returns null when there are no further content ids to
* process.
*
* @return the next content item to be processed
*/
public ContentItem getNextContentItem();
/**
* Retrieves the Duracloud properties for the specified ContentItem.
*
* @param contentItem the file whose properties to retrieve
* @return the Map of Duracloud properties
*/
public Map getSourceProperties(ContentItem contentItem);
/**
* Provides the checksum of the specified source file based on the file's
* properties.
*
* @param contentItem the file to consider
* @return MD5 checksum of the given file
*/
public String getSourceChecksum(ContentItem contentItem);
/**
* Gets the actual content, including the stream and the checksum.
*
* @param contentItem the file to retrieve
* @return content stream of the specified file
*/
public ContentStream getSourceContent(ContentItem contentItem);
}