backend

Overview ¶

Package backend provides a means of allowing backend filesystems to self-register on load via an init() call to backend.Register("some name", vfs.Filesystem)

In this way, a caller of vfs backends can simply load the backend filesystem (and ONLY those needed) and begin using it:

package main

// import backend and each backend you intend to use
import(
    "github.com/c2fo/vfs/backend"
    "github.com/c2fo/vfs/backend/os"
    "github.com/c2fo/vfs/backend/s3"
)

func main() {
   var err error
   var osfile, s3file vfs.File

    // THEN begin using the filesystems
    osfile, err = backend.Backend(os.Scheme).NewFile("", "/path/to/file.txt")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    s3file, err = backend.Backend(s3.Scheme).NewFile("mybucket", "/some/file.txt")
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    err = osfile.CopyTo(s3file)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
}

Development ¶

To create your own backend, you must create a package that implements the interfaces: vfs.Filesystem, vfs.Location, and vfs.File. Then ensure it registers itself on load:

package myexoticfilesystem

import(
    ...
    "github.com/c2fo/vfs"
    "github.com/c2fo/vfs/backend"
)

// IMPLEMENT vfs interfaces
...

// register backend
func init() {
    backend.Register("exfs", &MyExoticFilesystem{})
}

Then do use it in some other package do

package MyExoticFilesystem

import(
    "github.com/c2fo/vfs/backend"
    "github.com/acme/myexoticfilesystem"
)

...

func useNewBackend() error {
    myExoticFs, err = backend.Backend(myexoticfilesystem.Scheme)
    ...
}

That's it. Simple.