package bluej.pkgmgr;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

import threadchecker.OnThread;
import threadchecker.Tag;




| Interface to a package file.
|
| @author Poul Henriksen
|
@OnThread(Tag.Any)
public interface PackageFile
{       



| Create this package.
|
| @return true if it was created, false if it was not created (possibly
|         because a package already existed here).
| @throws IOException If the package file(s) could not be created.
|
public boolean create()
       
   throws IOException;

   
   


| Load the properties from the file into the given properties.
|
| @throws IOException
|
public void load(Properties p)
       
   throws IOException;

   
   


| Save the given properties to the file.
|
| @return False if it couldn't save it.
| @throws IOException
|
public void save(Properties p)
       
   throws IOException; 
   }