ImportSource (pentaho-platform-extensions 9.3.0.0-424 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractImportSource, DbSolutionRepositoryImportSource, FileSolutionRepositoryImportSource, ZipSolutionRepositoryImportSource
```
public interface ImportSource
```
A source of files for import operations.

Author:

mlowery

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static interface ImportSource.IRepositoryFileBundle
A struct-like object for bundling related objects together.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getCount()`	Returns the number of files to process (or -1 if that is not known)
`Iterable<ImportSource.IRepositoryFileBundle>`	`getFiles()`	Returns the set of files available by this Import Source.

- Method Detail
  - getFiles
```
Iterable<ImportSource.IRepositoryFileBundle> getFiles()
                                               throws IOException
```
    Returns the set of files available by this Import Source.
    NOTE: the Iterable object MUST support the Iterator.remove() method as the consumer of this information will be iterating over the data and will remove items that they process (and shouldn't be processed by down-stream consumers)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - indicates an error getting the files
  - getCount
```
int getCount()
```
    Returns the number of files to process (or -1 if that is not known)