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Interface FileBased

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileBasedDataSink, FileBasedDataSource

public interface FileBased

Tells that the IO element (DataSink or DataSource) is backed by a file in the local file system.

This is a hint that may be used by PDF-AS to optimize data access.

Author:

wprinz

Method Summary

File	getFile() Returns the File "behind" this io element.

Method Detail

getFile

public File getFile()

Returns the File "behind" this io element.

This is usually used to determine the file name itself.

Returns:

Returns the File "behind" this io element.