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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  * A FsFile is a representation of a single block of bytes on a filesystem. It
27  * is comparable to an inode in Unix.
28  *
29  * An FsFile does not have any knowledge of who is using this file. It is also
30  * possible that the system uses a single FsFile instance to create two
31  * inputstream's for two different principals.
32  *
33  * @author Ewout Prangsma &lt;epr at jnode.org&gt;
34  */
35 public interface FsFile extends FsObject {
36 
37     /**
38      * Gets the length (in bytes) of this file.
39      *
40      * @return the file size
41      */
getLength()42     public long getLength();
43 
44     /**
45      * Sets the length of this file.
46      *
47      * @param length the new length of this file
48      * @throws IOException on error updating the file size
49      */
setLength(long length)50     public void setLength(long length) throws IOException;
51 
52     /**
53      * Reads from this file into the specified {@code ByteBuffer}. The
54      * first byte read will be put into the buffer at it's
55      * {@link ByteBuffer#position() position}, and the number of bytes read
56      * will equal the buffer's {@link ByteBuffer#remaining() remaining} bytes.
57      *
58      * @param offset the offset into the file where to start reading
59      * @param dest the destination buffer where to put the bytes that were read
60      * @throws IOException on read error
61      */
read(long offset, ByteBuffer dest)62     public void read(long offset, ByteBuffer dest) throws IOException;
63 
64     /**
65      * Writes to this file taking the data to write from the specified
66      * {@code ByteBuffer}. This method will read the buffer's
67      * {@link ByteBuffer#remaining() remaining} bytes starting at it's
68      * {@link ByteBuffer#position() position}.
69      *
70      * @param offset the offset into the file where the first byte will be
71      *      written
72      * @param src the source buffer to read the data from
73      * @throws ReadOnlyException if the file is read-only
74      * @throws IOException on write error
75      */
write(long offset, ByteBuffer src)76     public void write(long offset, ByteBuffer src)
77             throws ReadOnlyException, IOException;
78 
79     /**
80      * Flush any possibly cached data to the disk.
81      *
82      * @throws IOException on error flushing
83      */
flush()84     public void flush() throws IOException;
85 }
86