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+<?php
+
+/**
+* ownCloud
+*
+* @author Michael Gapczynski
+* @copyright 2012 Michael Gapczynski GapczynskiM@gmail.com
+*
+* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+* modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+* version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+*
+* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+* License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+class OC_Filestorage_Common extends OC_Filestorage {
+
+	public function __construct($parameters){}
+	public function mkdir($path){}
+	public function rmdir($path){}
+	public function opendir($path){}
+	public function is_dir($path){}
+	public function is_file($path){}
+	public function stat($path){}
+	public function filetype($path){}
+	public function filesize($path) {
+		$stat = $this->stat($path);
+		return $stat['size'];
+	}
+	public function is_readable($path){}
+	public function is_writeable($path){}
+	public function file_exists($path){}
+	public function readfile($path) {
+		echo $this->file_get_contents($path);
+		return $this->filesize($path);
+	}
+	public function filectime($path) {
+		$stat = $this->stat($path);
+		return $stat['ctime'];
+	}
+	public function filemtime($path) {
+		$stat = $this->stat($path);
+		return $stat['mtime'];
+	}
+	public function fileatime($path) {
+		$stat = $this->stat($path);
+		return $stat['atime'];
+	}
+	public function file_get_contents($path) {
+		$handle = $this->fopen($path, "r");
+		return fread($handle, $this->filesize($path));
+	}
+	public function file_put_contents($path,$data) {
+		$handle = $this->fopen($path, "w");
+		return fwrite($handle, $data);
+	}
+	public function unlink($path){}
+	public function rename($path1,$path2){}
+	public function copy($path1,$path2){}
+	public function fopen($path,$mode){}
+	public function toTmpFile($path){}
+	public function fromTmpFile($tmpPath,$path){}
+	public function fromUploadedFile($tmpPath,$path){}
+	public function getMimeType($path){}
+	public function hash($type,$path,$raw){}
+	public function free_space($path){}
+	public function search($query){}
+	public function getLocalFile($path){}
+}