FileTableEntry

FileTableEntry.java

public class FileTableEntry {          // Each table entry should have
   public int seekPtr;                 //    a file seek pointer
   public final Inode inode;           //    a reference to its inode
   public final short iNumber;         //    this inode number
   public int count;                   //    # threads sharing this entry
   public final String mode;           //    "r", "w", "w+", or "a"
   public FileTableEntry ( Inode i, short inumber, String m ) {
      seekPtr = 0;             // the seek pointer is set to the file top
      inode = i;
      iNumber = inumber;
      count = 1;               // at least on thread is using this entry
      mode = m;                // once access mode is set, it never changes
      if ( mode.compareTo( "a" ) == 0 ) // if mode is append,
         seekPtr = inode.length;        // seekPtr points to the end of file
   }
}