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package com.sun.midp.automation;

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import com.sun.midp.midletsuite.*;
import com.sun.midp.installer.*;

/** 
 * Represents suites storage.
 */
public abstract class AutoSuiteStorage {
    /**
     * Installs suite from specified location.
     *
     * @param location URI pointing to suite jad/jar
     * @return AutoSuiteDescriptor representing installed suit
     */
    public abstract AutoSuiteDescriptor installSuite(String location)
        throws IOException, MIDletSuiteLockedException, 
               MIDletSuiteCorruptedException, InvalidJadException,
               SecurityException;

    /**
     * Uninstalls specified suite.
     *
     * @param suite suite to uninstall
     */
    public abstract void uninstallSuite(AutoSuiteDescriptor suite) 
        throws MIDletSuiteLockedException;

    /**
     * Gets a vector of installed suites.
     *
     * @return vector with suites descriptors
     */
    public abstract Vector getInstalledSuites();


    /**
     * Gets instance of AutoSuiteStorage class.
     *
     * @return instance of AutoSuiteStorage class
     * @throws IllegalStateException if Automation API hasn't been
     * initialized or is not permitted to use
     */
    public final static AutoSuiteStorage getStorage() 
        throws IllegalStateException {

        AutomationInitializer.guaranteeAutomationInitialized();
        return AutoSuiteStorageImpl.getInstance();
    }
}