1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) 2010, Google Inc.
3 * Copyright (C) 2008, Marek Zawirski <marek.zawirski@gmail.com>
4 * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
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45
46 package org.eclipse.jgit.transport;
47
48 import java.util.Collection;
49 import java.util.Map;
50
51 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
52
53 /**
54 * Represent connection for operation on a remote repository.
55 * <p>
56 * Currently all operations on remote repository (fetch and push) provide
57 * information about remote refs. Every connection is able to be closed and
58 * should be closed - this is a connection client responsibility.
59 *
60 * @see Transport
61 */
62 public interface Connection {
63
64 /**
65 * Get the complete map of refs advertised as available for fetching or
66 * pushing.
67 *
68 * @return available/advertised refs: map of refname to ref. Never null. Not
69 * modifiable. The collection can be empty if the remote side has no
70 * refs (it is an empty/newly created repository).
71 */
72 public Map<String, Ref> getRefsMap();
73
74 /**
75 * Get the complete list of refs advertised as available for fetching or
76 * pushing.
77 * <p>
78 * The returned refs may appear in any order. If the caller needs these to
79 * be sorted, they should be copied into a new array or List and then sorted
80 * by the caller as necessary.
81 *
82 * @return available/advertised refs. Never null. Not modifiable. The
83 * collection can be empty if the remote side has no refs (it is an
84 * empty/newly created repository).
85 */
86 public Collection<Ref> getRefs();
87
88 /**
89 * Get a single advertised ref by name.
90 * <p>
91 * The name supplied should be valid ref name. To get a peeled value for a
92 * ref (aka <code>refs/tags/v1.0^{}</code>) use the base name (without
93 * the <code>^{}</code> suffix) and look at the peeled object id.
94 *
95 * @param name
96 * name of the ref to obtain.
97 * @return the requested ref; null if the remote did not advertise this ref.
98 */
99 public Ref getRef(final String name);
100
101 /**
102 * Close any resources used by this connection.
103 * <p>
104 * If the remote repository is contacted by a network socket this method
105 * must close that network socket, disconnecting the two peers. If the
106 * remote repository is actually local (same system) this method must close
107 * any open file handles used to read the "remote" repository.
108 * <p>
109 * If additional messages were produced by the remote peer, these should
110 * still be retained in the connection instance for {@link #getMessages()}.
111 */
112 public void close();
113
114 /**
115 * Get the additional messages, if any, returned by the remote process.
116 * <p>
117 * These messages are most likely informational or error messages, sent by
118 * the remote peer, to help the end-user correct any problems that may have
119 * prevented the operation from completing successfully. Application UIs
120 * should try to show these in an appropriate context.
121 * <p>
122 * The message buffer is available after {@link #close()} has been called.
123 * Prior to closing the connection, the message buffer may be empty.
124 *
125 * @return the messages returned by the remote, most likely terminated by a
126 * newline (LF) character. The empty string is returned if the
127 * remote produced no additional messages.
128 */
129 public String getMessages();
130
131 /**
132 * User agent advertised by the remote server.
133 *
134 * @return agent (version of Git) running on the remote server. Null if the
135 * server does not advertise this version.
136 * @since 4.0
137 */
138 public String getPeerUserAgent();
139 }