mariadb/fs/CorbaFS.idl

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// CorbaDS Module - Implement Kernel functionality in korbit
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Main source of information: 
//    http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/linux-commentary/vfs.html
//
module CorbaFS {

  struct dirent
  {
    long inode;           // inode number 
    string name;          // file name (null-terminated)
  };

  typedef sequence<dirent> DirEntSeq;
  typedef sequence<octet> Buffer;
        
  interface Inode {
    void getStatus(out unsigned short mode, out unsigned long uid, out unsigned long gid, 
                   out unsigned long size, out unsigned long inodeNum, out unsigned short numLinks, 
                   out long atime, out long mtime, out long ctime);
    void readpage(out Buffer buffer, in long size, in long offset);
    void release();
  };

  interface FileSystem {  
    Inode getInode(in string path);

    // DirectoryInode  getStatus implementation must have S_IFDIR in the S_IFMT
    // field of the mode value.
    DirEntSeq readdir(in string path);

    // SymlinkInode getStatus implementation must have S_IFLNK in the S_IFMT
    // field of the mode value.
    string readlink(in string filename);
  };
};