ss: add a wrapper for the state system delete files

[deliverable/tracecompass.git] / statesystem / org.eclipse.tracecompass.statesystem.core / src / org / eclipse / tracecompass / statesystem / core / ITmfStateSystemBuilder.java

diff --git a/statesystem/org.eclipse.tracecompass.statesystem.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/statesystem/core/ITmfStateSystemBuilder.java b/statesystem/org.eclipse.tracecompass.statesystem.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/statesystem/core/ITmfStateSystemBuilder.java
index 70ee1308599b14b4b2a190097f42f470f1a5ff4b..817a6f2da906c547665cab3e616c14fd84f287b1 100644 (file)
--- a/statesystem/org.eclipse.tracecompass.statesystem.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/statesystem/core/ITmfStateSystemBuilder.java
+++ b/statesystem/org.eclipse.tracecompass.statesystem.core/src/org/eclipse/tracecompass/statesystem/core/ITmfStateSystemBuilder.java
@@ -235,4 +235,21 @@ public interface ITmfStateSystemBuilder extends ITmfStateSystem {
      *             know how to handle it.
      */
     void closeHistory(long endTime);
+
+    /**
+     * Delete any generated files or anything that might have been created by
+     * the history backend (either temporary or save files). By calling this, we
+     * return to the state as it was before ever building the history.
+     *
+     * You might not want to call automatically if, for example, you want an
+     * index file to persist on disk. This could be limited to actions
+     * originating from the user.
+     *
+     * FIXME Change to abstract for 3.0
+     *
+     * @since 2.1
+     */
+    default void removeFiles() {
+        // FIXME Change to abstract for 3.0
+    }
 }