Is web services a option for solving Victorias problem?
Jari Nicklas Nordborg wrote: > Offord, Victoria wrote: >> I'm trying to transfer the files held in a project into an external >> system but I require the location the file is stored so that it can be >> passed into a Perl script which will copy the file. I am unable to get >> the location of the file held within the Java 'File' class because the >> method getInternalName is private and therefore is inaccessible from the >> jsp, is there a way of accessing this value from the jsp? > > No. The names are internal because we want to avoid direct access to the > files. There are several reasons: > > * It is possible that files are stored compressed. > * We also have some ideas about making the BASE file system pluggable > (http://base.thep.lu.se/ticket/585). This would, for example, make it > possible to use an FTP server instead of a local disk for file > storage. > * It would allow a client application/plug-in to bypass permission > checks so that a user that has only read permission may delete or > overwrite the file. > > If suggest that you copy the file from the JSP or a Java class. Assuming > that you have got the File object and know the destination it should be > as easy as > > String destinationPath = ... > File baseFile = ... > OutputStream copy = new FileOutputStream(destinationPath); > FileUtil.copy(baseFile.getDownloadStream(0), copy); > copy.close(); > > The FTP Server extension mentioned in a previous post may be an option > if you don't want to use Java, but it requires that the username and > password is known by the application (perl script) that does the > copying. Since BASE doesn't store passwords in clear text, this must be > coded into the script or the user must be asked for the values. Also > note that the FTP Server is still in beta-status and is not recommended > for critical production use. > > Another option that doesn't depend on Java is to use regular http for > the download. The URL to access a file should be something like: > > http://your.webserver.com/base2/filemanager/files/download/-SESSIONID-/path/to/file.txt > > where you need to replace > * 'your.webserver.com' with the appropriate host name of the server. > * SESSIONID with the current user's session ID. > Eg. SessionControl.getId(); > * /path/to/file.txt: The path to the file as seen in the BASE > web interface. Eg. File.getPath().toString() > > /Nicklas > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > The BASE general discussion mailing list > basedb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > unsubscribe: send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ The BASE general discussion mailing list basedb-users@lists.sourceforge.net unsubscribe: send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
