Thanks jason. I wanted to run a public webservice which could convert pdf to text online using PDFBox library. Because of this limitation (not able to create temp file) this was a failure. :(
On Aug 31, 7:43 pm, "Jason (Google)" <apija...@google.com> wrote: > You're correct that App Engine's filesystem is not writable. This is not > likely to change soon, so any libraries that you depend on which assume a > writable file system will have to be updated to use a supported mechanism. > As you can see from the following wiki page, a growing number of libraries > and frameworks are compatible with App Engine, Hibernate > notwithstanding.http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java/web/will-it-play... > > Regarding your third point, App Engine does include a URL Fetch service > which should allow you to issue HTTP requests (including POSTs) to other > websites running on ports 80 or 443. In addition to the low-level API, a > java.net-based wrapper is available: > > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/urlfetch/ > > - Jason > > > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:15 AM, sandeep <sandeep.mal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Google app engine is good but it has limitations like: > > 1. You cant create temporary files. Most java libraries rely on a > > temporary folder for scratchpad. As GAE doesnt support filesystem > > operations, all these go for a toss? > > > You cant upload files on to a file system. How does one expect to > > manage static content then? > > > Any plans for temp files support atleast?? > > > 2. Also had GAE supported hibernate it would have been a super boost > > as most apps run today with spring + hibernate. > > > 3. Also you cant crawl other websites as http port is blocked that > > means you can't do anything like HTTP post?. > > > Any suggestions on these esp point 1 ?Please help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-java@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
