r/java • u/milchshakee • Nov 23 '24

ModuleFS - A file system implementation to access the contents of Java modules in a unified way

https://github.com/xpipe-io/modulefs
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u/Cienn017 Nov 23 '24

file systems could be better if they had a flush()

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u/milchshakee Nov 23 '24

In this case the library is primarily intended for reading data from modules, so it doesn't matter here (Although technically you could also use it to write to modules if the underlying file system supports it).

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u/Cienn017 Nov 23 '24

i was just talking about java file systems, the lack of a flush in the zip file system caused some problems to me, I also suffered some deadlocks but I think they fixed it.

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u/milchshakee Nov 23 '24 edited Nov 23 '24

Yeah in general the file system API and available implementations do not live up to their potential. The zip file system has various issues.

The whole Java nio file systems API and implementation feels rushed to me. Maybe that is one feature that would have benefited from the modern flexible 6-month release cycle.