Correct abstraction–.NET Core IFileProvider

Create the right abstraction and they will implement it. I was delighted by finding that the .NET Core has an IFileProvider : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.fileproviders.ifileprovider?view=aspnetcore-2.2  .

An obvious implementation is PhysicalFileProvider : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.fileproviders.physicalfileprovider?view=aspnetcore-2.2

A not so obvious implementation, but normal from a programmers mind, is NullFileProvider: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.fileproviders.nullfileprovider?view=aspnetcore-2.2

And, because we have already 2 providers, makes sense a CompositeFileProvider: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.fileproviders.compositefileprovider?view=aspnetcore-2.2

And because we create assemblies, it is normal to have EmbeddedFileProvider: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.fileproviders.embeddedfileprovider?view=aspnetcore-2.2

And , to complicate things, a ManifestEmbeddedFileProvider: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.fileproviders.manifestembeddedfileprovider?view=aspnetcore-2.2

( You can read more details here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/file-providers?view=aspnetcore-2.2#physicalfileprovider)

But this is just what Microsoft provides in .NET Framework.

Other creates more, such as :

LongFileProvider: https://github.com/v-kabanov/hdrepository/blob/master/trunk/Common/bfs.Repository.IO.WinNtfs/WinLongFileFrovider.cs

S3FileProvider: https://github.com/evorine/S3FileProvider/blob/master/src/S3FileProvider.cs, https://github.com/lamondlu/AWSS3FileProvider

AzureBlogFileProvider: https://github.com/filipw/Strathweb.AspNetCore.AzureBlobFileProvider

More Cloud Providers : https://github.com/jiabiao/NCloudFiles

ZipFileProviders: https://github.com/tagcode/Lexical.FileProvider , https://github.com/cloudscribe/cloudscribe/blob/master/src/cloudscribe.Web.Common/StaticFiles/GzipMappingFileProvider.cs

DatabaseFileProviders: https://github.com/mikebrind/RazorEngineViewOptionsFileProviders

And InMemory: https://github.com/dazinator/Dazinator.AspNet.Extensions.FileProviders

It is interesting how you can find various implementation of an so common thing, like a file / folder. But it is also rewarding to see that you have created the right abstractions – and other will implement !