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mars-flaim/xflaim/csharp/xflaim/BackupClient.cs
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//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Desc: Backup Client
// Tabs: 3
//
// Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1
// of the License.
//
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
// Library Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License along with this library; if not, contact Novell, Inc.
//
// To contact Novell about this file by physical or electronic mail,
// you may find current contact information at www.novell.com.
//
// $Id$
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace xflaim
{
/// <summary>
/// This interface defines the client side interface to XFlaim's backup
/// subsystem. Clients may pass an object that implements this interface
/// into the call to <see cref="Backup.backup"/>. The object determines
/// where backup data will be saved.
/// </summary>
public interface BackupClient
{
/// <summary>
/// This method is called by the <see cref="Backup.backup"/> method to
/// write out data that needs to be backed up. It is the responsibility
/// of this method to write that data out - to disk, tape, etc.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pvData">
/// Pointer to data that is to be written out.
/// </param>
/// <param name="uiDataLen">
/// Length of data to be written out.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// Returns an <see cref="RCODE"/>. Note that returning anything
/// other than RCODE.NE_XFLM_OK will cause the backup operation to abort. It
/// will throw an <see cref="XFlaimException"/>
/// </returns>
RCODE writeData(
IntPtr pvData,
uint uiDataLen);
}
}