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// Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Realmac Software Ltd
// 
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

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@interface RWFileReference : NSObject {
@private
	NSString* _path;
	NSMutableData* _alias;
}

+ (RWFileReference*)referenceTo:(NSString*)pathA relativeTo:(NSString*)pathB;

+ (RWFileReference*)referenceWithDictionary:(NSDictionary*)dictionary;
- (id)propertyList;

- (NSString*)path;
- (void)setPath:(NSString*)pathA relativeTo:(NSString*)pathB;

- (NSData*)alias;
- (void)setAlias:(NSMutableData*)data;

- (BOOL)pathExists;

- (NSString*)resolveRelativeTo:(NSString*)path;

@property (retain,getter=path) NSString* _path;
@property (retain,setter=setAlias:) NSMutableData* _alias;
@end

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