Great! I'll begin checking out all the code! Thank you very much. :-)
On 29 July 2011 13:54, Hampus Wessman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Varun, > > welcome to the metalink project! > > I agree with everything Neil wrote below. Here are a few more links to > interesting metalink projects. Have a look at existing clients and libraries > and then decide how to do it. This could require quite a bit of work so > don't make it harder than necessary. I would aim for something very simple > to begin with. Perhaps you could start by porting a Metalink library > (loading and saving Metalink files) to Java, as you will likely need that > later. > > First some "advertising" :) For some basic metalink loading/saving you > could have a look at my new Metalink Editor 2 source code: > https://github.com/hampus/metalink-editor. It's a work in progress and > right now I'm involved in other things, so there's not happening much > (unfortunately; eventually I'll finish it...). Feel free to fork the project > and finish or extend it, by the way! There is room for more than one editor > even... That's just an alternative idea. I could help out a bit there too. > > Also have a look over at SourceForge (as Neil already said), where you'll > find the source code for several interesting metalink projects: > http://metalinks.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/metalinks/. In particular, I > also think Neil's Metalink Checker could be interesting. > > There are also two metalink libraries: libmetalink ( > https://launchpad.net/libmetalink) and metalink-library ( > http://code.google.com/p/metalink-library/). > > Finally, for a full-blown metalink download client I recommend that you > have a look at aria2 by Tatsuhiro. It's rather big and complicated AFAIK, > because it supports a lot of things. You may not want to port all that to > Java ;) It's one of the best download clients, though. Tatsuhiro can tell > you more about this... > > There are a couple of open source GUI download clients that support > Metalinks too, but I'm not sure which is best to look at there. > > Hampus > > > > On 2011-07-29 09:03, Varun Agrawal wrote: > > I would like to port an existing metalink client to Java. > I feel it would be great to start slow, get my feet wet before diving in, > by getting a feel for the software. > Now what should I do? Any links to the source code of an existing client? > > On 29 July 2011 04:10, Neil M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK great there are a few approaches you can pick from: >> >> 1. Port an existing Metalink Client to Java. This might be more work >> than necessary but easier than starting from scratch. >> >> 2. Use an existing Java Metalink client and turn it into a simple Java >> Applet. This is probably easiest but you will probably need to rework >> or simplify the GUI and pull out extra code that isn't needed. Phex is >> a candidate for this. >> >> 3. Use an existing metalink library in another language that has a Java >> implementation. I've already started with my Python program Metalink >> Checker and Jython as noted on the link I sent you. This requires >> optimization for it to be really useful. >> >> 4. Start with a generic Java download client and add Metalink support. >> I've already started doing this with DLApplet. It lacks the robustness >> features that make Metalink really useful like multi-threaded download >> and checksum support. You might look into JDownloader for this and >> every use it to replace what I've already done. You could also combine >> option 1 with this. >> >> DLApplet in action: >> >> http://www.nabber.org/projects/metalink/dlapplet/ >> >> The source code is here: >> >> http://metalinks.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/metalinks/dlapplet/ >> >> The Metalink Checker source code is here. This is a Python client I've >> written, it supports most Metalink features so it could be a good >> reference. >> >> http://metalinks.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/metalinks/checker/ >> >> Neil >> >> On 7/28/2011 7:04 AM, Varun Agrawal wrote: >> > The Browser Based Metalink Download Client would be a good start. >> > However I am not familiar with Python and I may need extensive guidance >> > on tackling this problem. >> > However, with the right memtoring, I am sure I will be able to complete >> > this very well. >> > >> > Any other ideas for me to start on would be great! >> > >> > On 27 July 2011 22:55, Neil M. <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Varun, welcome to the project. I suggest you take a look at our >> > Google Summer of Code Ideas to see all of the possiblities of what >> can >> > be done, it might be a little out of date but for the most part it >> > should be accurate. >> > >> > >> https://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion/web/gsoc-ideas?pli=1 >> > >> > Given your interest in Java may I suggest a couple that I've been >> > wanting to do for a while, "Browser Based Metalink Download Client" >> or >> > "High Definition video downloads made faster/error free with >> Metalinks." >> > Its quite possible you might not be ready to tackle those though >> and >> > would be better of just starting fresh on something else. Let me >> know >> > what you think is a good fit for you. If you want a little more >> > guidance we can come up with specific tasks/features for you to do. >> > >> > Most of the source code for these projects is hosted at >> > sourceforge.net <http://sourceforge.net>: >> > >> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/metalinks/ >> > >> > Anyone can checkout so I suggest you get familiar with how >> subversion >> > works if you aren't already. >> > >> > Neil >> > >> > On 7/27/2011 5:56 AM, Varun wrote: >> > > Hello. >> > > >> > > I am an undergraduate student studying computer science and I am >> > > interested in working in your Open Source projects. >> > > I have fairly good experience with Java, C++ and Internet >> technologies >> > > with a desire to learn more and use them in an actual development >> > > environment. >> > > >> > > I read about you from TeachingOpenSource.org. >> > > >> > > I am, however, new to Open Source project development thus I am >> > > seeking a mentor and an opportunity to present my skills and make >> > > valuable contributions to your projects. >> > > >> > > Thanking you. >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Varun Agrawal >> > > >> > > B.Tech-III >> > > Computer Science and Engineering >> > > National Institute of Technology >> > > Surat, India. >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > <mailto:metalink-discussion%[email protected]>. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Varun Agrawal >> > >> > B.Tech-III >> > Computer Science and Engineering >> > National Institute of Technology >> > Surat, India. >> > About Me <http://www.about.me/varunagrawal> >> > computerCalledVarun <http://computercalledvarun.wordpress.com/> >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Metalink Discussion" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Varun Agrawal > > B.Tech-III > Computer Science and Engineering > National Institute of Technology > Surat, India. > About Me <http://www.about.me/varunagrawal> > computerCalledVarun <http://computercalledvarun.wordpress.com/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Metalink Discussion" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Metalink Discussion" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en. > -- Varun Agrawal B.Tech-III Computer Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology Surat, India. 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