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
}