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package org.apache.wicket.util.file;

import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Path;

import org.apache.commons.io.FileDeleteStrategy;

/**
 * Keeps track of files awaiting deletion, and deletes them when an associated marker object is
 * reclaimed by the garbage collector.
 * 
 * <p>
 * Needed to remove files created temporarily for the needs of FileUpload functionality.
 */
public interface IFileCleaner
{

	/**
	 * Track the specified file, using the provided marker, deleting the file when the marker
	 * instance is garbage collected.
	 * 
	 * @param file
	 *            the file to be tracked, not null
	 * @param marker
	 *            the marker object used to track the file, not null
	 * @throws NullPointerException
	 *             if the file is null
	 */
	void track(File file, Object marker);

	/**
	 * Track the specified file, using the provided marker, deleting the file when the marker
	 * instance is garbage collected.
	 * 
	 * @param file
	 *            the file to be tracked, not null
	 * @param marker
	 *            the marker object used to track the file, not null
	 * @param deleteStrategy
	 *            the strategy that actually deletes the file. E.g. to delete a non-empty folder the
	 *            strategy should delete all children first
	 * @throws NullPointerException
	 *             if the file is null
	 */
	void track(File file, Object marker, FileDeleteStrategy deleteStrategy);

	/**
	 * {@link Path} variant for file tracking.
	 * 
	 * @see #track(File, Object)
	 */
	void track(Path file, Object marker);

	/**
	 * {@link Path} variant for file tracking.
	 * 
	 * @see #track(File, Object, FileDeleteStrategy)
	 */
	void track(Path file, Object marker, FileDeleteStrategy deleteStrategy);

	/**
	 * Call this method to stop the cleaner and to free all allocated resources by it
	 */
	void destroy();
}
