/*
 * Copyright 2009 Google Inc.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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package com.google.gwt.dev.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * An abstract set of files that a linker links into.
 */
public abstract class OutputFileSet {
  private final String pathDescription;

  protected OutputFileSet(String pathDescription) {
    this.pathDescription = pathDescription;
  }

  public abstract void close() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Return a description of this output file set's path. The precise meaning is
   * unspecified, except that it should be informative when used in log
   * messages.
   */
  public String getPathDescription() {
    return pathDescription;
  }

  public abstract OutputStream openForWrite(String path, long lastModifiedTime)
      throws IOException;
}