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Function●Since v1.8

adaptBackendProtocol

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adaptBackendProtocol(backend: AnyBackendProtocol): BackendProtocolV2

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`backend`*	`AnyBackendProtocol`	Backend instance (v1 or v2)

Adapt a v1 BackendProtocol to BackendProtocolV2.

If the backend already implements v2, it is returned as-is. For v1 backends, wraps returns in Result types:

read() string returns wrapped in ReadResult
readRaw() FileData returns wrapped in ReadRawResult
grep() returns wrapped in GrepResult
ls() FileInfo[] returns wrapped in LsResult
glob() FileInfo[] returns wrapped in GlobResult

Note: For sandbox instances, use adaptSandboxProtocol instead.