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IO Interface And Operations

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Fundamentals Of IO::Adapter
Methods / Operation Vector
Discussion

We need IO abstraction layer for porting and extension. See Vnode/VFS interface (vnode(9)) on IO abstraction.

struct vnode {
		...
        voff_t          v_size;                 /* size of file */
        int             v_numoutput;            /* num pending writes */
        long            v_writecount;           /* ref count of writers */
		...
        int             (**v_op)(void *);       /* vnode ops vector */
		...
        void            *v_data;                /* private data for fs */
};

vop_open(), vop_read(), vop_getattr(), ... are defined over v_op.

**v_op (vnode operation vector) corresponds to a method of object oriented programming. fml8 provides IO::Adapter class as IO abstraction layer.

Fundamentals Of IO::Adapter

IO::Adapter is most fundamental in fml8 architecture. It is well considered and implemented. It provides enough primitive methods.

IO::Adapter class abstracts

KEY => VALUE

KEY => [ VALUE, VALUE2, VALUE3 ]

type data structure. It is similar to RDBMS theory like this.

KEY1 VALUE1-1 ""     ""
KEY2 VALUE2-1 VALUE2-2 VALUE2-3
KEY3 VALUE3-1 VALUE3-2 VALUE3-3
KEY4 VALUE4-1 VALUE4-2 VALUE4-3

To maintain address list, least fundamental methods of IO::Adapter are

open()
close()

and IO operations to the object

add(KEY, ARGV) (ARGV is class dependent)
delete(KEY)
find(KEY or REGEXP)
get_next_key()

methods. At least, enough to write user management codes.

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