/*
 * This file is part of the Vamsas Client version 0.2. 
 * Copyright 2010 by Jim Procter, Iain Milne, Pierre Marguerite, 
 *  Andrew Waterhouse and Dominik Lindner.
 * 
 * Earlier versions have also been incorporated into Jalview version 2.4 
 * since 2008, and TOPALi version 2 since 2007.
 * 
 * The Vamsas Client 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, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *  
 * The Vamsas Client 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with the Vamsas Client.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package uk.ac.vamsas.client.simpleclient;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;

/**
 * Vamsas Document URN for files understood by ArchiveReader and written by
 * VamsasArchive. vdoc://{Absolute path to file}
 * 
 * @author jimp
 * 
 */
public class ArchiveUrn extends uk.ac.vamsas.client.SessionUrn {
  /**
   * a simple vamsas document urn prefix
   */
  public static String VAMSASDOCUMENT = "vdoc";
  static {
    TYPES.put(ArchiveUrn.VAMSASDOCUMENT, ArchiveUrn.class);
  }

  public ArchiveUrn(File docLocation) throws MalformedURLException {
    super(VAMSASDOCUMENT, docLocation.getAbsoluteFile().toURL());
  }

  /**
   * TODO: LATER: think about this again.
   * 
   * @return File(urn.getPath())
   */
  public File asFile() {
    return new File(urn.getPath());
  }
  // TODO: add abstract 'handler' methods for resolving the URN to a particular
  // class
}