Merge pull request #1546 from arschles/doc-storage
Add documentation for how to register new StorageDrivers
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@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ import (
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var driverFactories = make(map[string]StorageDriverFactory)
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// StorageDriverFactory is a factory interface for creating storagedriver.StorageDriver interfaces
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// Storage drivers should call Register() with a factory to make the driver available by name
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// Storage drivers should call Register() with a factory to make the driver available by name.
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// Individual StorageDriver implementations generally register with the factory via the Register
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// func (below) in their init() funcs, and as such they should be imported anonymously before use.
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// See below for an example of how to register and get a StorageDriver for S3
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//
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// import _ "github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/driver/s3-aws"
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// s3Driver, err = factory.Create("s3", storageParams)
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// // assuming no error, s3Driver is the StorageDriver that communicates with S3 according to storageParams
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type StorageDriverFactory interface {
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// Create returns a new storagedriver.StorageDriver with the given parameters
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// Parameters will vary by driver and may be ignored
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@ -21,6 +28,8 @@ type StorageDriverFactory interface {
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// Register makes a storage driver available by the provided name.
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// If Register is called twice with the same name or if driver factory is nil, it panics.
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// Additionally, it is not concurrency safe. Most Storage Drivers call this function
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// in their init() functions. See the documentation for StorageDriverFactory for more.
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func Register(name string, factory StorageDriverFactory) {
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if factory == nil {
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panic("Must not provide nil StorageDriverFactory")
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@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ func (version Version) Minor() uint {
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const CurrentVersion Version = "0.1"
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// StorageDriver defines methods that a Storage Driver must implement for a
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// filesystem-like key/value object storage.
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// filesystem-like key/value object storage. Storage Drivers are automatically
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// registered via an internal registration mechanism, and generally created
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// via the StorageDriverFactory interface (https://godoc.org/github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/driver/factory).
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// Please see the aforementioned factory package for example code showing how to get an instance
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// of a StorageDriver
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type StorageDriver interface {
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// Name returns the human-readable "name" of the driver, useful in error
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// messages and logging. By convention, this will just be the registration
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