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package org.apache.nifi.flow.resource;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Represents an external source where the resource files might be acquired from. These external resources might be
 * various: database drivers, different kind of configurations and so on.
 */
public interface ExternalResourceProvider {

    /**
     * Initializes the External Resource Provider based on the given set of properties.
     */
    void initialize(ExternalResourceProviderInitializationContext context);

    /**
     * Performs a listing of all resources that are available.
     *
     * @Return The result is a list of descriptors for the available resources.
     */
    Collection<ExternalResourceDescriptor> listResources() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Fetches the resource determined by the descriptor. This usually happens based on {@code ExternalResourceDescriptor#getLocation}
     * but implementations might differ.
     */
    InputStream fetchExternalResource(ExternalResourceDescriptor descriptor) throws IOException;
}
