sdk/fidl/fuchsia.io2/node.fidl

// Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

library fuchsia.io2;

using zx;

/// Node defines the minimal protocol for entities which can be accessed
/// in a filesystem.
protocol Node {
    /// Creates another connection to the same node.
    ///
    /// + `options` options applicable to both `Open` and `Reopen`,
    ///   including negotiating protocol and restricting rights.
    ///   See [`fuchsia.io2/ConnectionOptions`].
    /// + `object_request` is the server end of a channel created for the new
    ///   connection. The caller may proceed to send messages on the
    ///   corresponding client end right away.
    ///
    /// For files, the cloned connection and the original connection have
    /// independent seek offsets.
    Reopen(ConnectionOptions options,
           zx.handle:CHANNEL object_request);

    /// Terminates the connection to the node.
    ///
    /// After calling `Close`, the client must not send any other requests.
    /// The result of `Close` arrives as an epitaph, where the channel is closed
    /// by the server upon processing this operation.
    ///
    /// Closing the client end of the channel should be semantically equivalent
    /// to calling `Close` without monitoring the status epitaph.
    ///
    /// This method does not require any rights.
    Close();

    /// Returns extra connection information and auxiliary handles.
    ///
    /// + `query` specifies the fields in `ConnectionInfo` that the caller is
    ///   interested in.
    /// - `info` see [`fuchsia.io2/ConnectionInfo`] for details on the fields.
    ///
    /// When all known bits in `query` are set, the return value matches
    /// the one from [`OnConnectionInfo`], as if the caller requested that event
    /// using [`ConnectionFlags.GET_CONNECTION_INFO`].
    ///
    /// If the `Describe` operation fails, the connection is closed with the
    /// associated error.
    ///
    /// This method does not require any rights.
    Describe(ConnectionInfoQuery query) -> (ConnectionInfo info);

    /// An event produced eagerly by the server if requested by
    /// [`ConnectionFlags.GET_CONNECTION_INFO`]. This event will be the
    /// first message from the server, and is sent exactly once.
    ///
    /// - `info` See [`fuchsia.io2/ConnectionInfo`] for details on the fields.
    ///   All members should be present.
    ///
    /// Different from [`fuchsia.io/OnOpen`], an error during open/reopen is
    /// always manifested as an epitaph.
    -> OnConnectionInfo(ConnectionInfo info);

    /// Acquires a token which can be used to identify this connection at
    /// a later point in time.
    ///
    /// This method does not require any rights. Note that the token identifies
    /// the connection, hence carries the rights information on this connection.
    GetToken() -> (Token token) error zx.status;

    /// Acquires information about the node.
    ///
    /// The attributes of a node should be stable, independent of the
    /// specific protocol used to access it.
    ///
    /// + `query` a bit-mask specifying which attributes to fetch. The server
    ///   should not return more than necessary.
    /// - `attributes` the returned attributes.
    ///
    /// This method requires the [`Rights.GET_ATTRIBUTES`] right.
    GetAttributes(NodeAttributesQuery query)
        -> (NodeAttributes attributes) error zx.status;

    /// Updates information about the node.
    ///
    /// + `attributes` the presence of a table field in `attributes` indicates
    /// the intent to update the corresponding attribute.
    ///
    /// This method requires the [`Rights.UPDATE_ATTRIBUTES`] right.
    UpdateAttributes(NodeAttributes attributes) -> () error zx.status;

    /// Synchronizes updates to the node to the underlying media, if it exists.
    ///
    /// This method will return when the filesystem server has flushed the
    /// relevant updates to the underlying media, but does not guarantee the
    /// underlying media has persisted the information, nor that any information
    /// is committed to hardware. Clients may use `Sync` to ensure ordering
    /// between operations.
    ///
    /// This method does not require any rights.
    Sync() -> () error zx.status;
};