uk.ac.cam.spectra.spectrasub
Interface Depositor

All Known Implementing Classes:

LNIRestletDepositor, SimpleFSDepositor

public interface Depositor

Defines the contract for components that take data packages and deposit them in repositories.

This is a minimal interface in order to retain as much flexibility as possible about the nature / software of the repository.

Author:

ojd20

Method Summary

java.lang.String

deposit(java.lang.String packageId) Deposit a package into some repository and return a reference to the deposited package.

Method Detail

deposit

java.lang.String deposit(java.lang.String packageId)

Deposit a package into some repository and return a reference to the deposited package.

Parameters:

packageId - internal identifier for the package.

Returns:

Reference (preferably a URL) to the deposited package.