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+# Copyright (C) 2008 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Interface for archiving schemes."""
+
+from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
+
+
+
+class IArchiver(Interface):
+    """An interface to the archiver."""
+
+    def get_list_url(mlist):
+        """Return the url to the top of the list's archive.
+
+        :param mlist: The IMailingList object.
+        :returns: The url string.
+        """
+
+    def get_message_url(mlist, message):
+        """Return the url to the message in the archive.
+
+        This url points directly to the message in the archive.  This method
+        only calculates the url, it does not actually archive the message.
+
+        :param mlist: The IMailingList object.
+        :param message: The message object.
+        :returns: The url string or None if the message's archive url cannot
+            be calculated.
+        """
+
+    def archive_message(mlist, message):
+        """Send the message to the archiver.
+
+        This uses `get_message_url()` to calculate and return the url to the
+        message in the archives.
+
+        :param mlist: The IMailingList object.
+        :param message: The message object.
+        :returns: The url string or None if the message's archive url cannot
+            be calculated.
+        """
+
+    # XXX How to handle attachments?