org.modeshape.jcr.api

Interface Repositories

All Known Implementing Classes:

ModeShapeEngine

public interface Repositories

Representation of a generic container of multiple Repository instances. This interface helps decouple applications that use JCR repositories from the actual JCR implementation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Repository	getRepository(String repositoryName) Return the JCR Repository with the supplied name.
Set<String>	getRepositoryNames() Get the names of the available repositories.

Method Detail

getRepositoryNames

Set<String> getRepositoryNames()

Get the names of the available repositories.

Returns:

the immutable set of repository names provided by this server; never null

getRepository

Repository getRepository(String repositoryName)
                  throws RepositoryException

Return the JCR Repository with the supplied name.

Parameters:

repositoryName - the name of the repository to return; may not be null

Returns:

the repository with the given name; never null

Throws:

RepositoryException - if no repository exists with the given name or there is an error communicating with the repository