Bootstrapping a Java File System

So, what does a file system mean to you? Most think of file systems as directories and files accessed via your computer: local disk, remotely shared via NFS or SMB, thumb drives, something else. Sufficient for those who require basic file access, nothing more, nothing less. That perspective on file systems is too limited: VCS repositories, archive files (zip/jar), and remote systems can be treated as file systems, potentially accessed via the same APIs used for local file access while still meeting security and data requirements. Or how about a file system that automatically transcodes videos to different formats or extracts audio metadata for vector searches? Wouldn’t it be cool to use standard APIs rather than create something customized? Definitely!