glusterfs-java-filesystem

This project aims to be a complete implementation of a Java7/NIO.2 FileSystem backed by GlusterFS via libgfapi-jni

Use

The Example.java file in the glusterfs-java-filesystem-example project provides a demonstration of the capabilities of this project from a high level consumer's point of view.

glusterfs-java-filesystem-example/src/main/java/com/peircean/glusterfs/example/Example.java

The example program can be run with maven by executing mvn exec:exec in the glusterfs-java-filesystem-example directory.

Roadmap

TODO:

• Set up travis-ci & coveralls
• Read directory contents
• Watch files for changes
• Advanced synchronous file I/O
  Seeking & reading/writing a portion of a file
• Asychronous file I/O
• Better error reporting & handling

Completed:

• Connect to a GlusterFS volume using the NIO.2 API
• Basic synchronous file I/O
  Read the contents of a file all at once
  Write a chunk of bytes to a file all at once
• File attributes
  See & set owner, permissions, and last modified timestamp on files and directories
  See file size
• Filesystem/volume stats
  See the total, free, and usable bytes in a volume

Project License

Until further notice (made here and in LICENSE.txt) this project is licensed under the terms of the 3-clause BSD license, as written in LICENSE.txt.

The licensing is likely to change in the near future as the project matures.