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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2009 JNode.org
+ * 2009,2010 Matthias Treydte <mt@waldheinz.de>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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 Lesser General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this library; If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+package de.waldheinz.fs;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * The interface common to all file system implementations.
+ *
+ * @author Ewout Prangsma &lt;epr at jnode.org&gt;
+ * @author Matthias Treydte &lt;waldheinz at gmail.com&gt;
+ */
+public interface FileSystem {
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the root entry of this filesystem. This is usually a directory, but
+ * this is not required.
+ *
+ * @return the file system's root entry
+ * @throws IOException on read error
+ */
+ public FsDirectory getRoot() throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns if this {@code FileSystem} is in read-only mode.
+ *
+ * @return if this {@code FileSystem} is read-only
+ */
+ public boolean isReadOnly();
+
+ /**
+ * Close this file system. After a close, all invocations of methods of
+ * this file system or objects created by this file system will throw an
+ * {@link IllegalStateException}.
+ *
+ * @throws IOException on error closing the file system
+ */
+ public void close() throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns {@code true} if this file system is closed. If the file system
+ * is closed, no more operations may be performed on it.
+ *
+ * @return if this file system is closed
+ */
+ public boolean isClosed();
+
+ /**
+ * The total size of this file system.
+ *
+ * @return if -1 this feature is unsupported
+ * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+ */
+ public long getTotalSpace() throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * The free space of this file system.
+ *
+ * @return if -1 this feature is unsupported
+ * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+ */
+ public long getFreeSpace() throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * The usable space of this file system.
+ *
+ * @return if -1 this feature is unsupported
+ * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+ */
+ public long getUsableSpace() throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Flushes any modified file system structures to the underlying storage.
+ *
+ * @throws IOException
+ */
+ public void flush() throws IOException;
+}