Aaru/Interfaces/IWritableTapeImage.cs

// /***************************************************************************
// The Disc Image Chef
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//
// Filename       : IWritableTapeImage.cs
// Author(s)      : Natalia Portillo <claunia@claunia.com>
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// Component      : Disc image plugins.
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// --[ Description ] ----------------------------------------------------------
//
//     Defines interface to be implemented by writable block addressable
//     sequential tape image plugins.
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using DiscImageChef.CommonTypes.Structs;

namespace DiscImageChef.CommonTypes.Interfaces
{
    public interface IWritableTapeImage : ITapeImage, IWritableImage
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///     Registers a new file in the image
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file">Tape file descriptor</param>
        /// <returns><c>true</c> if successful, <c>false</c> otherwise</returns>
        bool AddFile(TapeFile file);

        /// <summary>
        ///     Registers a new partition
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="partition">Tape partition descriptor</param>
        /// <returns><c>true</c> if successful, <c>false</c> otherwise</returns>
        bool AddPartition(TapePartition partition);

        /// <summary>
        /// Tells the image plugin to set the internal structures to expect a tape (e.g. unknown block count and size).
        /// Must be called before <see cref="IWritableImage.Create"/>
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns><c>true</c> if successful, <c>false</c> otherwise</returns>
        bool SetTape();
    }
}