Method allocate

src/backend/HTML5FS.ts:235–253

* **Deprecated. Please use Create() method instead to create and allocate an HTML5FS.** * * Requests a storage quota from the browser to back this FS. * Must be called before file system can be used!

(cb: BFSOneArgCallback = () => {/*nop*/}, deprecateMsg = true)

   * Must be called before file system can be used!
   */
  public allocate(cb: BFSOneArgCallback = () => {/*nop*/}, deprecateMsg = true): void {
    if (deprecateMsg) {
      console.warn(`[HTML5FS] HTML5FS.allocate() is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. Please use 'HTML5FS.Create({type: ${this.type}, size: ${this.size}}, cb)' to create and allocate HTML5FS instances.`);
    }
    const success = (fs: FileSystem): void => {
      this.fs = fs;
      cb();
    };
    const error = (err: DOMException): void => {
      cb(convertError(err, "/", true));
    };
    if (this.type === global.PERSISTENT) {
      _requestQuota(this.type, this.size, (granted: number) => {
        _getFS(this.type, granted, success, error);
      }, error);
    } else {
      _getFS(this.type, this.size, success, error);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Deletes everything in the FS. Used for testing.