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package org.jnode.partitions;
import org.jnode.driver.Device;
import org.jnode.driver.block.BlockDeviceAPI;
/**
* @author Ewout Prangsma (epr@users.sourceforge.net)
*/
public interface PartitionTableType {
/**
* Gets the unique name of this partition table type.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Can this partition table type be used on the given first sector of a
* blockdevice?
*
* @param devApi
* @param firstSectors
*/
public boolean supports(byte[] firstSectors, BlockDeviceAPI devApi);
/**
* Create a partition table for a given device.
*
* @param device
* @param firstSectors
*/
public PartitionTable<?> create(byte[] firstSectors, Device device) throws PartitionTableException;
}