simple interfaces

.gitignore

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+/target
+/Cargo.lock

Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "vapfs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]

README.md

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 # vapfs
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-## Getting started
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+a generic interface to filesystems for the vap operating system  

src/lib.rs

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+#![no_std]
+
+extern crate alloc;
+
+use alloc::boxed::Box;
+
+/// # BlockDevice
+/// interface for accessing a block device, i.e. a device that can be randomly accessed in fixed-size blocks
+/// will be implemented in vapblock_* libraries
+pub trait BlockDevice {
+    /// moves the "cursor" to the given offset
+    fn seek(&mut self, offset: usize);
+    fn block_size(&self) -> usize;
+    /// reads buf.len() bytes into buf, starting at the current offset
+    /// returns the number of bytes read
+    /// may return less than buf.len() if the end of the block device is reached,
+    /// or if buf isn't a multiple of the block size
+    fn read_blocks(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> usize;
+    /// writes buf.len() bytes from buf, starting at the current offset
+    /// returns the number of bytes written
+    /// may return less than buf.len() if the end of the block device is reached
+    fn write_blocks(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> usize;
+}
+
+/// # BasicROFile
+/// interface for basic interactions with a file on a BasicROFileSystem
+pub trait BasicROFile {
+    /// moves the "cursor" to the given offset
+    fn seek(&mut self, offset: usize);
+    /// reads buf.len() bytes into buf, starting at the current offset
+    /// returns the number of bytes read
+    /// may return less than buf.len() if the end of the file is reached
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> usize;
+}
+
+/// # BasicROFileSystem
+/// interface for basic interactions with a filesystem over a block device
+/// used in the booting process when there is likely only one task running and no need for
+/// a more complex filesystem interface
+pub trait BasicROFileSystem {
+    /// must be called before any other methods
+    fn init(&mut self, block_device: &mut dyn BlockDevice);
+    /// checks if a given path exists
+    fn exists(&self, path: &str) -> bool;
+    /// checks if a given path is a directory
+    fn is_dir(&self, path: &str) -> bool;
+    /// checks if a given path is a file
+    fn is_file(&self, path: &str) -> bool;
+    /// checks if a given path is read-only and owned by root
+    /// (returns true if the filesystem doesn't support permissions)
+    fn is_safe(&self, path: &str) -> bool;
+    /// opens a file at the given path
+    /// returns None if the path doesn't exist or isn't a file
+    fn open(&mut self, path: &str) -> Option<Box<dyn BasicROFile>>;
+}