On 24 December 2011 02:48, Steven Siebert <smsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >
See also http://deltacloud.apache.org/ - any synergy there? > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
