An Object-Oriented Framework for File Systems

File systems are essential components of general purpose operating systems and are highly visible to computer users. To satisfy the growing diversity of persistent storage needs presented by application and system programs, operating systems should support both standard and customizable file systems. To facilitate the design, construction, and use of these file systems, they should fit within a general and extensible model. Currently file systems are based on one of a few common models that are neither general nor extensible. This thesis shows that a simple, general, and extensible model can be constructed by presenting an object-oriented framework that contains a few powerful persistent storage abstractions. The framework supports the characterization, design, and construction of both common file systems and experimental file systems. The object-oriented approach was chosen to exploit the techniques of data encapsulation, data abstraction, inheritance, and polymorphism.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Madany, Peter William

Contributors dc:contributor

• Campbell, Roy H.

• Computer Science

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9236530

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72058