Virtual File System

The so called “Virtual File System” unifies addressing files and folders from various sources via urls of different protocols. All protocols can be used with e.g. methods of the CCL::INativeFileSystem interface, aquired via System::GetFileSystem ().

Overview of filesystem protocols

Protocol	FileSystem class	Remarks
file	NativeFS	access to local files (“C:Windows” becomes “file:///c:/windows”)
resource	SimpleFS	“resource://modulename/…”
		note: folders are supported, but can’t be iterated on all platforms!
local	SimpleFS	allows “local://$symbol/…”
		hostname can be SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, TEMP, USERDOCS, USERCONTENT, USERMUSIC, USERSETTINGS, APPSUPPORT, DEPLOYMENT, APPSETTINGS, DESKTOP
		see System::GetSystem ().resolveLocation ()
preset	SimpleFS	access to memory presets (unused yet)
class	(none)	used internally between PluginBrowser and PluginFileInfo “class://{xxxx-xxxx…}”
package	VolumeFS	Package Handler System::GetPackageHandler ()
memory	SimpleFS	Memory-based file system; does not support folders in the path below the hostname part, e.g. “memory://Secret/data.bin”
webfs	VolumeFS	Web File Service System::GetWebFileService ()