jgit/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ReflogReader.java

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package org.eclipse.jgit.lib;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Utility for reading reflog entries
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ReflogReader {

	/**
	 * Get the last entry in the reflog
	 *
	 * @return the latest reflog entry, or null if no log
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 */
	ReflogEntry getLastEntry() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Get all reflog entries in reverse order
	 *
	 * @return all reflog entries in reverse order
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 */
	List<ReflogEntry> getReverseEntries() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Get specific entry in the reflog relative to the last entry which is
	 * considered entry zero.
	 *
	 * @param number a int.
	 * @return reflog entry or null if not found
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 */
	ReflogEntry getReverseEntry(int number) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Get all reflog entries in reverse order
	 *
	 * @param max
	 *            max number of entries to read
	 * @return all reflog entries in reverse order
	 * @throws java.io.IOException
	 */
	List<ReflogEntry> getReverseEntries(int max) throws IOException;
}