Hi All: WRT VFS-422: [SFTP] Allows to create other channels in SftpFileSystem ( https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VFS-422)
I'll like to solicit feedback from the list on this issue. I've cleaned up the proposed patch in the ticket and attached it back to the issue as https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12532940/vfs-422-v2-by-gg.diff First and foremost is whether this feature should be in VFS at all. Internally, VFS does not use the feature, so it is a convenience to the client application. A simpler solution from VFS' POV would be to make the Jsch Session object accessible via a public getSession() method. The client would then be responsible for the resources created and be free to use all of the Jsch bells and whistles. One can argue that this breaks encapsulation and surfaces VFS' private parts (pun intended). But because the point of the feature is get to another Jsch object (a Channel) through a Session, encapsulation would be broken anyway, so this point is moot IMO. A second issue has to do with implementation of the method com.jcraft.jsch.CommonsVFSChannelFactory.createChannel(AtomicLong, SftpChannelType) - Should finalization be used? - Should the counts be managed through the connect and disconnect methods instead? - There is a lot of repeated code in the method, should a delegate/proxy to a channel be used instead such that there is no code duplication? Thank you, Gary -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: <http://goog_1249600977>http://bit.ly/ECvg0 Spring Batch in Action: <http://s.apache.org/HOq>http://bit.ly/bqpbCK Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory