org.glassfish.virtualization.spi
Interface Disk

@Contract
public interface Disk

Interface to create and manipulate a virtual disk

Author:

Jerome Dochez

Method Summary

int	create(File path, int size, File mountPoint) Creates a virtual disk
int	createISOFromDirectory(File sourceDirectory, File outputISOFile) create an ISO File with the content of a directory
int	mount(File path, File mountPoint) Mount an existing virtual disk
int	umount() Un-mount this virtual disk instance

Method Detail

create

int create(File path,
           int size,
           File mountPoint)
           throws IOException

Creates a virtual disk

Parameters:

path - path to the virtual disk file

size - size of the virtual disk

mountPoint - directory where the virtual disk should be mounted

Returns:

0 if success, not 0 if failure (passed by the underlying native mechanism

Throws:

IOException - when the disk cannot be created.

mount

int mount(File path,
          File mountPoint)
          throws IOException

Mount an existing virtual disk

Parameters:

path - path to the virtual disk file

mountPoint - directory to use to mount the virtual disk

Returns:

0 if success, not 0 if failure as returned by the native mechanism

Throws:

IOException - if the virtual disk cannot be mounted

umount

int umount()
           throws IOException

Un-mount this virtual disk instance

Throws:

IOException - if the disk cannot be un-mounted

createISOFromDirectory

int createISOFromDirectory(File sourceDirectory,
                           File outputISOFile)
                           throws IOException

create an ISO File with the content of a directory

Parameters:

sourceDirectory - path to the directory content to put in the iso file

outputISOFile - location of the created iso file. (It will be delete first if present)

Returns:

0 if success, not 0 if failure as returned by the native mechanism

Throws:

IOException - if the ISO file cannot be created