Prototype of Files service.

services/files/directory.mojom

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+// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+module mojo.files;
+
+import "services/files/file.mojom";
+import "services/files/types.mojom";
+
+// This interface provides access to a directory in a "file system", providing
+// operations such as creating/opening/removing/renaming files/directories
+// within it. Note that all relative |path| arguments are relative to "this"
+// directory (i.e., "this" directory functions as the current working directory
+// for the various operations).
+// TODO(vtl): Paths may be relative; should they allowed to be absolute?
+// (Currently not.)
+interface Directory {
+  // Operations about "this" |Directory|:
+
+  // Reads the contents of this directory.
+  // TODO(vtl): Clarify error codes versus |directory_contents|.
+  Read() => (Error error, array<DirectoryEntry>? directory_contents);
+
+  // Gets information about this directory. On success, |file_information| is
+  // non-null and will contain this information.
+  Stat() => (Error error, FileInformation? file_information);
+
+  // Updates this directory's atime and/or mtime to the time specified by
+  // |atime| (or |mtime|, respectively), which may also indicate "now". If
+  // |atime| or |mtime| is null, then the corresponding time is not modified.
+  Touch(TimespecOrNow? atime, TimespecOrNow? mtime) => (Error error);
+
+  // Operations *in* "this" |Directory|:
+
+  // Opens the file specified by |path| with the given |open_flags|. |file| is
+  // optional, mainly for consistency with |OpenDirectory()| (but may be useful,
+  // together with |kOpenFlagCreate|, for "touching" a file).
+  OpenFile(string path, File&? file, uint32 open_flags)
+      => (Error error);
+
+  // Opens the directory specified by |path|. |directory| is optional, so that
+  // this may be used as a simple "mkdir()" with |kOpenFlagCreate|.
+  OpenDirectory(string path,
+                Directory&? directory,
+                uint32 open_flags) => (Error error);
+
+  // Renames/moves the file/directory given by |path| to |new_path|.
+  Rename(string path, string new_path) => (Error error);
+
+  // Deletes the given path, which may be a file or a directory (see
+  // |kDeleteFlag...| for details).
+  Delete(string path, uint32 delete_flags) => (Error error);
+
+  // TODO(vtl): directory "streaming"?
+  // TODO(vtl): "make root" (i.e., prevent cd-ing, etc., to parent); note that
+  // this would require a much more complicated implementation (e.g., it needs
+  // to be "inherited" by OpenDirectory(), and the enforcement needs to be valid
+  // even if the opened directory is subsequently moved -- e.g., closer to the
+  // "root")
+  // TODO(vtl): Add a "watch"?
+  // TODO(vtl): Should we have a "close" method?
+  // TODO(vtl): Add Dup() and Reopen() (like File)?
+};