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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2003-2009 JNode.org
3  *               2009,2010 Matthias Treydte <mt@waldheinz.de>
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6  * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
7  * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
8  * (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
11  * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
12  * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
13  * License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
16  * along with this library; If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
17  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
18  */
19 
20 package de.waldheinz.fs;
21 
22 import java.io.IOException;
23 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
24 
25 /**
26  * This is the abstraction used for a device that can hold a {@link FileSystem}.
27  *
28  * @author Ewout Prangsma &lt;epr at jnode.org&gt;
29  * @author Matthias Treydte &lt;waldheinz at gmail.com&gt;
30  */
31 public interface BlockDevice {
32 
33     /**
34      * Gets the total length of this device in bytes.
35      *
36      * @return the total number of bytes on this device
37      * @throws IOException on error getting the size of this device
38      */
getSize()39     public abstract long getSize() throws IOException;
40 
41     /**
42      * Read a block of data from this device.
43      *
44      * @param devOffset the byte offset where to read the data from
45      * @param dest the destination buffer where to store the data read
46      * @throws IOException on read error
47      */
read(long devOffset, ByteBuffer dest)48     public abstract void read(long devOffset, ByteBuffer dest)
49             throws IOException;
50 
51     /**
52      * Writes a block of data to this device.
53      *
54      * @param devOffset the byte offset where to store the data
55      * @param src the source {@code ByteBuffer} to write to the device
56      * @throws ReadOnlyException if this {@code BlockDevice} is read-only
57      * @throws IOException on write error
58      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the {@code devOffset} is negative
59      *      or the write would go beyond the end of the device
60      * @see #isReadOnly()
61      */
write(long devOffset, ByteBuffer src)62     public abstract void write(long devOffset, ByteBuffer src)
63             throws ReadOnlyException, IOException,
64             IllegalArgumentException;
65 
66     /**
67      * Flushes data in caches to the actual storage.
68      *
69      * @throws IOException on write error
70      */
flush()71     public abstract void flush() throws IOException;
72 
73     /**
74      * Returns the size of a sector on this device.
75      *
76      * @return the sector size in bytes
77      * @throws IOException on error determining the sector size
78      */
getSectorSize()79     public int getSectorSize() throws IOException;
80 
81     /**
82      * Closes this {@code BlockDevice}. No methods of this device may be
83      * accesses after this method was called.
84      *
85      * @throws IOException on error closing this device
86      * @see #isClosed()
87      */
close()88     public void close() throws IOException;
89 
90     /**
91      * Checks if this device was already closed. No methods may be called
92      * on a closed device (except this method).
93      *
94      * @return if this device is closed
95      */
isClosed()96     public boolean isClosed();
97 
98     /**
99      * Checks if this {@code BlockDevice} is read-only.
100      *
101      * @return if this {@code BlockDevice} is read-only
102      */
isReadOnly()103     public boolean isReadOnly();
104 
105 }
106