Interface IWSFileProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:
WSFileProvider

public interface IWSFileProvider
The interface is used to provide files to the web server for various contexts:
  • Server session,
  • Per application (and version),
  • Per user (all sessions),
  • Per application session (on user basis),
  • Per client session.

The server places these files in subdirectories in the file provider directory configured for the server.

Author:
Christopher Mindus
  • Method Details Link icon

    • getType Link icon

      URNResourceType getType()
      Returns the file type.
    • getRoot Link icon

      File getRoot() throws IOException
      Gets the root directory.
      Returns:
      The canonical root directory.
      Throws:
      IOException - If the root doesn't exist anymore or the provider is disposed of, or if the root doesn't exist and the directory cannot be created.
    • createDownloadInstance Link icon

      IWSFileDownload createDownloadInstance(URL url, Object id, String description)
      Constructs an instance of a file to download.
      Parameters:
      url - The URL of the file to download.
      id - The ID used for database identification, Long or String, null when database is not used.

      This value depends on the URNResourceType. The types are:

      description - Description of file, used to store in e.g. database, max 128 characters long.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - If the description is longer than 128 characters, or if the id is of wrong class (not String or Long) depending on the {@link URNResourceType}.
      NullPointerException - If url or description is null, or that the id is required to be specified for the {@link URNResourceType}.
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      void downloadFiles(IAppSessionGyro appGyro, IWSFileDownload[] files, Runnable completed)
      Downloads the collection of files. Once all downloads a completed, the callback is invoked. If the application session is disposed of, the callback is not called.
      Parameters:
      appGyro - The application session gyro, or null for system.
      files - The array of files to download. The results are placed in the respective instances.
      completed - Callback invoked upon completion of the downloads (with error or not).
    • isDisposed Link icon

      boolean isDisposed()
      Checks if the provider is disposed of.
      Returns:
      true if disposed, false otherwise.
    • reserveFile Link icon

      Reserves an existing file on disk, i.e. inside the root. If the file already is reserved, the previous WSFile instance is returned and no new reservation is done.
      Parameters:
      file - The file.
      descr - The description.
      id - When a backing database is used, specify the user or group identifier as a Long, the Application ID as a String, or null when there is no special identifier, i.e. for global files.
      Returns:
      A new WSFile instance with a reserved name.
      Throws:
      NotFoundException - If the file doesn't exist.
      IllegalArgumentException - If the file parent is not this providers root directory, or if the ID does not match the database ID type (Long or String).
      IOException - For read errors of the file, or if the filename is not "compatible" with the database table.
    • getURLPath Link icon

      String getURLPath()
      Gets the URL path to the provider in the web server.
      Returns:
      The path on the web server, starting and ending with '/'.
    • getFileFromFileName Link icon

      IWSFile getFileFromFileName(String fileName)
      Gets a WSFile from a file name that is located inside the root of the provider.
      Parameters:
      fileName - The file name to look up.
      Returns:
      The WSFile instance, or null if not found.