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package org.compiere.model;

/**
 * Store provider interface for storage of attachment content
 */
public interface IAttachmentStore {

	/**
	 * Load binary attachment content
	 * @param attach
	 * @param prov
	 * @return true if successfully loaded
	 */
    public boolean loadLOBData(MAttachment attach,MStorageProvider prov);

    /**
     * Save attachment content
     * @param attach
     * @param prov
     * @return true if successfully save
     */
	boolean save(MAttachment attach, MStorageProvider prov);

	/**
	 * Delete stored attachment content
	 * @param attach
	 * @param prov
	 * @return true if successfully deleted
	 */
	public boolean delete(MAttachment attach, MStorageProvider prov);

	/**
	 * Delete attachment content by index
	 * @param mAttachment
	 * @param provider
	 * @param index index of content to delete (for e.g zip entry #2 of a zip file)
	 * @return true if successfully deleted
	 */
	public boolean deleteEntry(MAttachment mAttachment, MStorageProvider provider, int index);

}