VHD Java library

Question

I\'m looking for a Java library that can open .vhd files. I wants to create a program that can navigate inside it. I also want it to be cross-platform. I have googled for an li

Answer 1

Consider libguestfs. libguestfs is a C library, but it has a Java binding.

It claims to be cross-platform, working on Linux and Mac OS X, and "[s]ome virt tools have been ported to Windows". Check to see whether the features you need work on Windows.

libguestfs does support VHD images (under the format name vpc).

Obtaining libguestfs

The Java bindings, which contain the com.redhat.et.libguestfs package, are available as part of the source distribution tarball. This can be obtained from the libguestfs download page; select the latest version, currently 1.18.8.

Alternatively, a pre-compiled JAR might be available from the Maven repository.

Either way, on Windows you likely have to compile the native libguestfs library yourself.