interface StreamWrapperInterface

interface StreamWrapperInterface extends PhpStreamWrapperInterface {

  /**
   * Sets the absolute stream resource URI.
   *
   * This allows you to set the URI. Generally is only called by the factory
   * method.
   *
   * @param string $uri
   *   A string containing the URI that should be used for this instance.
   */
  function setUri($uri);

  /**
   * Returns the stream resource URI.
   *
   * @return string
   *   Returns the current URI of the instance.
   */
  public function getUri();

  /**
   * Returns a web accessible URL for the resource.
   *
   * This function should return a URL that can be embedded in a web page
   * and accessed from a browser. For example, the external URL of
   * "youtube://xIpLd0WQKCY" might be
   * "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIpLd0WQKCY".
   *
   * @return string
   *   Returns a string containing a web accessible URL for the resource.
   */
  public function getExternalUrl();

  /**
   * Returns the MIME type of the resource.
   *
   * @param string $uri
   *   The URI, path, or filename.
   * @param array $mapping
   *   An optional map of extensions to their mimetypes, in the form:
   *    - 'mimetypes': a list of mimetypes, keyed by an identifier,
   *    - 'extensions': the mapping itself, an associative array in which
   *      the key is the extension and the value is the mimetype identifier.
   *
   * @return string
   *   Returns a string containing the MIME type of the resource.
   */
  public static function getMimeType($uri, $mapping = NULL);

  /**
   * Changes permissions of the resource.
   *
   * PHP lacks this functionality and it is not part of the official stream
   * wrapper interface. This is a custom implementation for Drupal.
   *
   * @param int $mode
   *   Integer value for the permissions. Consult PHP chmod() documentation
   *   for more information.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
   */
  public function chmod($mode);

  /**
   * Returns canonical, absolute path of the resource.
   *
   * Implementation placeholder. PHP's realpath() does not support stream
   * wrappers. We provide this as a default so that individual wrappers may
   * implement their own solutions.
   *
   * @return string
   *   Returns a string with absolute pathname on success (implemented
   *   by core wrappers), or FALSE on failure or if the registered
   *   wrapper does not provide an implementation.
   */
  public function realpath();

  /**
   * Gets the name of the directory from a given path.
   *
   * This method is usually accessed through drupal_dirname(), which wraps
   * around the normal PHP dirname() function, which does not support stream
   * wrappers.
   *
   * @param string $uri
   *   An optional URI.
   *
   * @return string
   *   A string containing the directory name, or FALSE if not applicable.
   *
   * @see drupal_dirname()
   */
  public function dirname($uri = NULL);

}