plugins/cvs/javacvs-src/org/netbeans/lib/cvsclient/request/IRequest.java

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package org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.request;

import org.netbeans.lib.cvsclient.file.FileDetails;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;

/**
 * The superclass of all requests made to the CVS server
 * @author  Robert Greig
 */
public interface IRequest {

        /**
         * Get the request String that will be passed to the server
         * @return the request String
         */
        @NonNls String getRequestString();

        /**
         * If a file transmission is required, get the file object representing
         * the file to transmit after the request string. The default
         * implementation returns null, indicating no file is to be transmitted
         * @return the file object, if one should be transmitted, or null if
         * no file object is to be transmitted.
         */
        FileDetails getFileForTransmission();
}