VFS Filesystem Capabilities Matrix

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• getType: allow to determine the type (file/folder) of a entry

• create: create a entry

• delete: delete a entry

• rename: rename a entry

• listChildren: list entries below

• readContent: read the content of a entry

• writeContent: write content to a entry

• appendContent: append content to a already existing entry

• randomAccessRead: randomly read the content of a entry - allows you to set the read position within the content

• randomAccessWrite: randomly write the content of a entry - allows you to set the write position within the content

• getLastModified: get the last modification time of a entry

• setLastModifiedFile: allow to change the last modification time on a file

• setLastModifiedFolder: allow to change the last modification time on a folder

• URI: support URIs

• compress: compresses the content

• virtual: contains a filesystem

• attributes: supports file attributes

• fsAttributs: supports file system attributes

• signing: can sign file content

• manifestAttributes: supports the set of manifest attributes

• dispatcher: not a real fs implementation, just dispatches to one of the other implementations