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 * Copyright 2007 - 2014 ETH Zuerich, CISD and SIS.
 *
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 *
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package ch.systemsx.cisd.hdf5.h5ar;

import java.io.Closeable;

import ch.systemsx.cisd.base.exceptions.IErrorStrategy;

/**
 * A provider for {@link DirectoryIndex} objects.
 * 
 * @author Bernd Rinn
 */
interface IDirectoryIndexProvider extends Closeable
{
    public IDirectoryIndex get(String normalizedGroupPath, boolean withLinkTargets);

    public IErrorStrategy getErrorStrategy();
 
    @Override
    public void close();
}