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org.netbeans.modules.masterfs.providers
Interface FileSystemProvider

public interface FileSystemProvider

An object that implements FileSystemProvider have chance to affect behaviour of MasterFileSystem. MasterFileSystem delegates its functionality to mounted FileSystems. So, behaviour of MasterFileSystem can be affected easily by mounting its own implemenation of FileSystem.

There are two ways how to mount FileSystem into MasterFileSystem:

automatic mounting means, that there is not necessary to call MountSupport to mount filesystem into MasterFileSystem. On the contrary MasterFileSystem invokes individual AutoMountProviders to obtain instance of FileSystem, that should be mounted. Then AutoMountProvider must be able to return best suited filesystem for passed mount point or null.
user mounting is simply MountSupport, which is API, that has two methods mount and unmount.

See Also:: MountSupport, AutoMountProvider

Method Summary

AutoMountProvider initialize(MountSupport mSupport)
Implementation of method initialize may support: automatic mounting, then method initialize mustn't return null.

Method Summary
`AutoMountProvider`	`initialize(MountSupport mSupport)` Implementation of method initialize may support: automatic mounting, then method initialize mustn't return null.

Method Detail

initialize

AutoMountProvider initialize(MountSupport mSupport)

Implementation of method initialize may support:

automatic mounting, then method initialize mustn't return null.
user mounting, then MountSupport passed to method initalize needs to be kept.
both above mentioned

Parameters:: mSupport - instance of MountSupport provided by MasterFileSystem
Returns:: instance of AutoMountProvider if there is supported automatic mounting