Package com.github.mjdev.libaums.partition

Class Partition

java.lang.Object

com.github.mjdev.libaums.driver.ByteBlockDevice

com.github.mjdev.libaums.partition.Partition

All Implemented Interfaces:

BlockDeviceDriver

public class Partition
extends ByteBlockDevice

This class represents a partition on an mass storage device. A partition has a certain file system which can be accessed via getFileSystem(). This file system is needed to to access the files and directories of a partition.

The method getVolumeLabel() returns the volume label for the partition. Calling the method is equivalent to calling FileSystem.getVolumeLabel().

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Partition	createPartition(PartitionTableEntry entry, BlockDeviceDriver blockDevice)	Creates a new partition with the information given.
FileSystem	getFileSystem()
java.lang.String	getVolumeLabel()	This method returns the volume label of the file system / partition.

Methods inherited from class com.github.mjdev.libaums.driver.ByteBlockDevice

getBlockSize, init, read, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createPartition

public static Partition createPartition(PartitionTableEntry entry,
                                        BlockDeviceDriver blockDevice)
                                 throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new partition with the information given.

Parameters:

entry - The entry the partition shall represent.

blockDevice - The underlying block device. This block device must already been initialized, see BlockDeviceDriver.init().

Returns:

The newly created Partition.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If reading from the device fails.

getFileSystem

public FileSystem getFileSystem()

Returns:

the file system on the partition which can be used to access files and directories.

getVolumeLabel

public java.lang.String getVolumeLabel()

This method returns the volume label of the file system / partition. Calling this method is equivalent to calling FileSystem.getVolumeLabel().

Returns:

Returns the volume label of this partition.