// Copyright © 2018 Steve Francia <spf@spf13.com>.
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package afero

// Symlinker is an optional interface in Afero. It is only implemented by the
// filesystems saying so.
// It indicates support for 3 symlink related interfaces that implement the
// behaviors of the os methods:
//    - Lstat
//    - Symlink, and
//    - Readlink
type Symlinker interface {
	Lstater
	Linker
	LinkReader
}

// Linker is an optional interface in Afero. It is only implemented by the
// filesystems saying so.
// It will call Symlink if the filesystem itself is, or it delegates to, the os filesystem,
// or the filesystem otherwise supports Symlink's.
type Linker interface {
	SymlinkIfPossible(oldname, newname string) error
}

// LinkReader is an optional interface in Afero. It is only implemented by the
// filesystems saying so.
type LinkReader interface {
	ReadlinkIfPossible(name string) (string, error)
}