Index: /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/Backup.java
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--- /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/Backup.java	(revision 0)
+++ /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/Backup.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF
+ * licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.backup;
+
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.RepositoryImpl;
+
+/**
+ * This class is the abstract class of all resources to backup. If you need to add a new backuped resource
+ * extend Backup and implement both the save and restore methods.
+ * 
+ * The constructor is called when instantiating the specific backup resource class through RepositoryBackup.
+ * 
+ * 
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class Backup {
+	
+	RepositoryImpl repo;
+	BackupConfig conf;
+	String name;
+	
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param repo The repository to backup
+	 * @param conf The specific BackupConfig object (usually a subset of backup.xml)
+	 * @param name Name of the resource to backup. Unique. Useful?
+	 */
+	public Backup(RepositoryImpl repo, BackupConfig conf) {
+		this.repo = repo;
+		this.conf = conf;
+	}
+	
+	public void setRepo(RepositoryImpl repo) {
+		this.repo = repo;		
+	}
+	
+	public RepositoryImpl getRepo() {
+		return this.repo;
+	}
+	
+	public abstract void backup(BackupIOHandler out, BackupConfig conf);
+	public abstract void restore(BackupIOHandler in);
+		
+	}
Index: /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupConfig.java
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--- /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupConfig.java	(revision 0)
+++ /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupConfig.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.backup;
+
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.RepositoryImpl;
+
+public class BackupConfig {
+	
+
+	public BackupConfig() {
+		
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+
+
+	public Backup getBackup() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+
+
+	public void setRepo(RepositoryImpl impl) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		
+	}
+
+
+
+	
+
+
+}
Index: /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupIOHandler.java
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--- /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupIOHandler.java	(revision 0)
+++ /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupIOHandler.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.backup;
+
+public interface BackupIOHandler {
+
+	void setMaxFileSize(int i);
+	int getMaxFileSize();
+	//Add reference to the file
+	// How to precise if in or out... Maybe not needed?
+
+}
Index: /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupLauncher.java
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--- /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupLauncher.java	(revision 0)
+++ /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/BackupLauncher.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF
+ * licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.backup;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.jcr.AccessDeniedException;
+import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
+
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.RepositoryImpl;
+
+/**
+ * BackupLauncher is a command line tool and a demo tool for the backup tool. To
+ * get all available options please type BackupLauncher --help
+ * Used to launch a backup while the repository is inactive.
+ * 
+ * @author Nicolas Toper <ntoper@gmail.com>
+ * 
+ * Date: 23-jun-06
+ */
+public class BackupLauncher
+{
+	BackupConfig conf;
+	RepositoryImpl repo;
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * The command line tool. 
+	 * 
+	 * BackupLauncher --zip "myzip.zip" --size 2 save 
+	 * BackupLauncher --zip "./myzip.zip" --size 2 restore
+	 * 
+	 * -zip: where is the zip file (only implemented way to backup for now)
+	 * -size in Go
+	 * 
+	 * --help for help option 
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public static void main(String[] args)	{
+		
+		for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+			if ( args[i].equals("--help")  || args.length == 0)	{
+				usage();
+			}
+			
+			//To finish
+		
+		/*	BackupIOHandler h = new ZipFileBackupIOHandler("mybackup.zip");
+		h.setMaxFileSize(2);*/
+		//repo.getBackupManager().save(h, config);
+	//path to repository.xml
+		
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+		}	
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Auxiliary method for main
+	 *
+	 */
+	private static void usage(){
+		System.out.println("options:\n --zip to specify the path of the zip file.\n --size (optional) max size of the file\n save|restore\n" +
+				"example 1: java BackupLauncher --zip \"myzip.zip\" --size 2 save " +
+				"example 2: java BackupLauncher --zip \"./myzip.zip\" --size 2 restore");
+		System.exit(0);
+	}
+	
+
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Constructor of BackupLauncher. Initiate the repository. 
+	 * 
+	 * @param String filename: name of the configuration file
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public BackupLauncher(String filename)
+	{
+		//this.conf = new BackupConfig(filename);
+		//How to launch the repository? JNDI? 
+		
+		
+	}
+		
+	public void backup(String out) throws AccessDeniedException, RepositoryException, IOException
+	{
+		
+		//repo.getBackupRepository();
+	   		
+	}
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param filename
+	 */
+	
+	public void restore(FileInputStream file)
+	{
+		
+	}
+
+}
Index: /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/RepositoryBackup.java
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--- /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/RepositoryBackup.java	(revision 0)
+++ /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/RepositoryBackup.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.backup;
+
+
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.RepositoryImpl;
+
+/**
+ * @author ntoper
+ *
+ */
+public class RepositoryBackup extends Backup {
+
+	public RepositoryBackup(RepositoryImpl repo, BackupConfig conf) {
+		
+		super(repo, conf);
+		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+	}
+
+	
+//	@Override
+	public void backup(BackupIOHandler out, BackupConfig conf) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		
+	}
+
+
+
+//	@Override
+	public void restore(BackupIOHandler in) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+
+
+}
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Index: /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/ZipFileBackupIOHandler.java
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--- /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/ZipFileBackupIOHandler.java	(revision 0)
+++ /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/backup/ZipFileBackupIOHandler.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.backup;
+
+public class ZipFileBackupIOHandler implements BackupIOHandler {
+	public void setMaxFileSize(int i)
+	{}
+
+	public int getMaxFileSize() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	//To finish...
+}
Index: /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/RepositoryImpl.java
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--- /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/RepositoryImpl.java	(revision 417024)
+++ /home/ntoper/workspace/jackrabbit/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/RepositoryImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.ReentrantWriterPreferenceReadWriteLock;
 import org.apache.commons.collections.map.ReferenceMap;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.JackrabbitRepository;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.backup.BackupIOHandler;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.backup.BackupConfig;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.backup.RepositoryBackup;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.FileSystemConfig;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.LoginModuleConfig;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.PersistenceManagerConfig;
@@ -1840,4 +1843,42 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+   	
+	/**
+     * 
+     * This method returns a RepositoryBackup object configured to save this repository. 
+     * 
+     * Some operations are needed to initiate the RepositoryBackup object properly before performing
+     * the backup or restore operation.
+     * 
+     * @param BackupConfig conf: BackupConfig object containing all the parameters. 
+     * @return RepositoryBackup configured
+     * @throws RepositoryException
+     * @throws AccessDeniedException
+     * @throws IoException
+     * @author: Nicolas Toper <ntoper@gmail.com>
+     * 
+     */
+	public RepositoryBackup getBackupRepository(BackupConfig conf, BackupIOHandler h) throws RepositoryException, IOException, AccessDeniedException{
+		conf.setRepo(this);
+		return (RepositoryBackup) conf.getBackup();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * For restore operations since the 
+	 * @return RepositoryBackup to configure
+	 * @param BackupIOHandler is a pointer to the file to restore
+	 * @throws RepositoryException
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 * @throws AccessDeniedException
+	 */
+
+	public RepositoryBackup getBackupRepository(BackupIOHandler source) throws RepositoryException, IOException, AccessDeniedException{
+		BackupConfig conf = new BackupConfig();
+		conf.setRepo(this);
+		return (RepositoryBackup) conf.getBackup();
+	}
+
+	
 }