BVolumeRoster

Derived from: none
Declared in:  be/storage/VolumeRoster.h
Library: libbe.so
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The BVolumeRoster class keeps track of the volumes that are mounted in the file system hierarchy. It lets you know about volumes in two ways:

• It lists the volumes that are currently mounted. You can step through the list through iterative calls to the GetNextVolume() function.

• It lets you know when new volumes are mounted, and when existing volumes are unmounted. (See StartWatching().)

How you create your BVolumeRoster object depends on what you're going to do with it:

• If you simply want to step through the volume list, then creating a BVolumeRoster on the stack is sufficient.

• However, if you want to watch for volumes being mounted and unmounted, then you must keep your BVolumeRoster object around. The watching stops when the object is deleted.

A single BVolumeRoster object can perform both functions: You can use it to step through the volume list at the same time that it's watching volumes.

Constructor and Destructor

BVolumeRoster()

BVolumeRoster(void)

Creates a new BVolumeRoster object. You don't have to "initialize" the object before using it (as you do with most other Storage Kit classes). You can call GetNextVolume() (or whatever) immediately after constructing.

~BVolumeRoster()

virtual ~BVolumeRoster()

Destroys the object. If this BVolumeRoster object was watching volumes, the watch is called off.

Member Functions

GetBootVolume()

status_t GetBootVolume(BVolume *boot_vol)

Initializes boot_vol to refer to the "boot volume." This is the volume that was used to boot the computer. boot_vol must be allocated before you pass it in. If the boot volume can't be found, the argument is uninitialized.

(Currently, this function looks for the volume that's mounted at /boot. The only way to fool the system into thinking that there isn't a boot volume is to rename /boot—not a smart thing to do.)

RETURN CODES

• B_NO_ERROR. The boot volume was successfully retrieved.

• B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND. The boot volume wasn't found.

GetNextVolume() , Rewind()

status_t GetNextVolume(BVolume *volume) void Rewind(void)

GetNextVolume() retrieves the "next" volume from the volume list and uses it to initialize the argument (which must be allocated). When the function return B_BAD_VALUE, you've reached the end of the list.

Rewind() rewinds the volume list such that the next GetNextVolume() will return the first element in the list.

RETURN CODES

• B_NO_ERROR. The next volume was successfully retrieved.

• B_BAD_VALUE. You've reached the end of the volume list.

StartWatching() , StopWatching() , Messenger()

status_t StartWatching(BMessenger messenger = be_app_messenger) void StopWatching(void) BMessenger Messenger(void) const

These functions start and stop the BVolumeRoster's volume-watching facility. (This is actually just a convenient cover for the Node Monitor.)

• StartWatching() registers a request for notifications of volume mounts and unmounts. The notifications are sent (as BMessages) to the BHandler/BLooper pair specified by the argument. There are separate messages for mounting and unmounting; their formats are described below. The caller retains possession of the BHandler/BLooper that the BMessenger represents. The volume watching continues until this BVolumeRoster object is destroyed, or until you call...

• StopWatching(). This function tells the volume-watcher to stop watching. In other words, notifications of volume mounts and unmounts are no longer sent to the BVolumeRoster's target.

• Messenger() returns a copy of the BMessenger object that was set in the previous StartWatching() call.

There are separate notifications (BMessages) for volume-mounted and volume-unmounted events. See the B_DEVICE_MOUNTED and B_DEVICE_UNMOUNTED descriptions in "The Node Monitor" section of this chapter.

RETURN CODES

• B_NO_ERROR. The volume-watcher was successfully started or stopped.

• B_BAD_VALUE. Poorly formed BMessenger.

• B_NO_MEMORY. Couldn't allocate resources.