All -
I am trying to set up a VFS but I struggled a while to get past a
FileSystemException. After looking at the VFS source code I understood what was
going on, and I was able to create a work-around. However, I am not sure that
what I hacked together is the right approach so I am looking for some guidance
from the experts here…
This is what I was trying to do:
FileObject path = VFS.getManager().resolveFile("ftp://ftp.gnu.org/README";,
new FileSystemOptions());
The issue is, or at least appears to be, that the FileSystemManager doesn’t
have a baseFile so the resolveFile blows up with this exception:
org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException: Could not find file with URI
"ftp://ftp.gnu.org/README"; because it is a relative path, and no base URI was
provided.
at
org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException.requireNonNull(FileSystemException.java:87)
I could not find how/where to define that baseFile so I eventually settled on
this work-around:
StandardFileSystemManager fsManager = (StandardFileSystemManager)
VFS.getManager(); // YUCK!
fsManager.setBaseFile(new File("")); // Another YUCK.
FileObject path = fsManager.resolveFile("ftp://ftp.gnu.org/README";, opts);
That works, and now I end up with the correct (expected) path. It doesn’t feel
right though so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Erwin
