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org.netbeans.spi.project
Interface CacheDirectoryProvider

public interface CacheDirectoryProvider

Ability for a project to permit other modules to store arbitrary cache data associated with the project.

See Also:: Project.getLookup()

Method Summary

FileObject getCacheDirectory()
Get a directory in which modules may store disposable cached information about the project, such as an index of classes it contains.

Method Detail

getCacheDirectory

public FileObject getCacheDirectory()
                             throws IOException

Get a directory in which modules may store disposable cached information about the project, such as an index of classes it contains. This directory should be considered non-sharable by SharabilityQuery. Modules are responsible for preventing name clashes in this directory by using sufficiently unique names for child files and folders.

Returns:: a cache directory
Throws:: IOException - if it cannot be created or loaded