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## Node
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-In **Etcd**, the **Node** is the rudimentary element constructing the whole.
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-Currently **Etcd** file system is comprised in a Unix-like way of files and directories, and they are two kinds of nodes different in:
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+In **etcd**, the **node** is the base from which the filesystem is constructed.
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+**etcd**'s file system is Unix-like with two kinds of nodes: file and directories.
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-- **File Node** has data associated with it.
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-- **Directory Node** has children nodes associated with it.
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+- A **file node** has data associated with it.
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+- A **directory node** has child nodes associated with it.
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-Besides the file and directory difference, all nodes have common attributes and operations as follows:
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+All nodes, regardless of type, have the following attributes and operations:
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### Attributes:
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- **Expiration Time** [optional]
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- **ACL**
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- The path of access control list of the node.
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+ The path to the node's access control list.
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### Operation:
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- **Get** (path, recursive, sorted)
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- **TestAndSet** (path, prevValue [prevIndex], value, ttl)
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Atomic *test and set* value to a file. If test succeeds, this operation will change the previous value of the file to the given value.
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- - If the prevValue is given, it will test against previous value of
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+ - If the prevValue is given, it will test against previous value of
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the node.
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- If the prevValue is empty, it will test if the node is not existing.
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- If the prevValue is not empty, it will test if the prevValue is equal to the current value of the file.
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### Theory
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Etcd exports a Unix-like file system interface consisting of files and directories, collectively called nodes.
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-Each node has various meta-data, including three names of access control lists used to control reading, writing and changing (change ACL names for the node).
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+Each node has various meta-data, including three names of the access control lists used to control reading, writing and changing (change ACL names for the node).
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We are storing the ACL names for nodes under a special *ACL* directory.
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Each node has ACL name corresponding to one file within *ACL* dir.
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