+<?php
+/**
+ * External storage in some particular medium.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @ingroup ExternalStorage
+ * @author Aaron Schulz
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Accessable external objects
+ * @ingroup ExternalStorage
+ */
+abstract class ExternalStoreMedium {
+ /** @var Array */
+ protected $params = array();
+
+ /**
+ * @param $params array Options
+ */
+ public function __construct( array $params = array() ) {
+ $this->params = $params;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Fetch data from given external store URL
+ *
+ * @param $url string An external store URL
+ * @return string|bool The text stored or false on error
+ * @throws MWException
+ */
+ public abstract function fetchFromURL( $url );
+
+ /**
+ * Insert a data item into a given location
+ *
+ * @param $location string: the location name
+ * @param $data string: the data item
+ * @return string|bool The URL of the stored data item, or false on error
+ * @throws MWException
+ */
+ public abstract function store( $location, $data );
+}