Instead of coding directly to S3, perhaps you can code to an abstraction library such as jclouds (http://www.jclouds.org/documentation/index) and let them handle the integration with the various cloud storage providers. You would get simplified testing and multi-provider support instead of an S3 specific implementation.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another angle to consider is whether this should be in VFS2 or in a > new Java 7-based FileSystem library. Or both. The biggest hurdle I see > is unit testing. > > Gary > > On Dec 23, 2011, at 21:34, Elijah Zupancic <eli...@zupancic.name> wrote: > >> I would love to help out with this if there is support from the Commons >> community on integrating S3 functionality. >> >> -Elijah >> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Ralph Goers >> <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>wrote: >> >>> I recall seeing S3 mentioned on the dev list a while ago, probably in >>> reference to this project and whether we wanted to include it in VFS. It >>> seems to be based on vfs2. I didn't investigate to see what licenses its >>> dependencies are under, but this project is now Apache licensed. >>> >>> Ralph >>> >>> On Dec 23, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Mark Fortner wrote: >>> >>>> Looks like there is an S3 plugin already. I'm not sure what version of >>> VFS >>>> it works with, but it might do the trick. >>>> >>>> https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3 >>>> >>>> Hope this helps, >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Liviu Tudor <liviu.tu...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> D'oh, good point about unit testing, Gary! Hasn't crossed my mind what a >>>>> problem this could be hmmmm food for thought I suppose… >>>>> I'll go and talk to my team after the holiday season see if I can pull >>>>> some resources towards this. >>>>> Thanks for the heads-up! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Liv >>>>> >>>>> Liviu Tudor >>>>> >>>>> E: liviu.tu...@gmail.com >>>>> M: +44 (0)7917696626 >>>>> W: http://about.me/liviutudor >>>>> Skype: liviutudor >>>>> >>>>> I'm nobody, nobody's perfect -- therefore I'm perfect! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 23/12/2011 23:49, "Gary Gregory" <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The whole commons community is responsible for VFS but some developers >>>>>> are more focused on a subset of commons. There are no plans that I >>>>>> know of for S3. You are welcome to contribute a patch with a JIRA. The >>>>>> tricky part is unit testing. Usually tests runs with every build but >>>>>> in this case I am not sure how you can do this without mocking. >>>>>> >>>>>> Gary >>>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 23, 2011, at 18:38, Liviu Tudor <liviu.tu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One of the projects I am to work on in the new year requires amongst >>>>>>> other >>>>>>> things storage of certain files in the Amazon S3. VFS sprang to mind >>> as >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> knew from browsing the Commons repository that it provides an >>>>>>> abstraction >>>>>>> layer for dealing with file system ‹ however, it appears there is no >>> S3 >>>>>>> support in VFS. Are there plans to include this in a future release? >>> If >>>>>>> so, >>>>>>> is there an estimated release date? And also who are the developers >>>>>>> responsible for this? I'm only asking because I'm thinking/hoping >>> that I >>>>>>> might be able to convince my company to put some effort perhaps into >>>>>>> building S3 support into VFS ‹ and as such would be good to be in >>> direct >>>>>>> contact with the lead developers on this if I manage to pull this off. >>>>>>> (Don't take this as a promise though, it's more of a dream I suppose >>> at >>>>>>> this >>>>>>> stage :) But you don't find out till you try it so fingers crossed!) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Liv >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Liviu Tudor >>>>>>> >>>>>>> E: liviu.tu...@gmail.com <mailto:liviu.tu...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> M: +44 (0)7917696626 >>>>>>> W: http://about.me/liviutudor <http://about.me/liviutudor> >>>>>>> Skype: liviutudor >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm nobody, nobody's perfect -- therefore I'm perfect! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >>> >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
