On 2 June 2016 at 01:48, Mark Fortner <phidia...@gmail.com> wrote: > There was some discussion during the last release about a NIO-compatible > version of VFS. This raised a few questions in my mind. > > 1. Is there a branch where this work should start? > 2. Are there any specific API proposals, if so where are they (or will > they) be documented? Would there be branches with specific proposal code, > or a wiki? > 3. Does anyone have an "out of the gate" proposal? A proposed file > system implementation that they're willing to contribute/collaborate on? > Preferably something that's easy to test without additional server setup. > Perhaps a db-based file system that could use java db? > 4. How would the code be organized? Would each implementation have to > have its own repo? If so, this might slow down initial API development. > And you always run into the danger that any API changes you make break > implementing code. > 5. Has anyone considered support for virtual roots in file system URLs? > Like "home://", "documents://", "music://", etc.
Virtual roots are very simple in NIO2. They are implemented using FileSystemProvider with a META-INF/services/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider file for autodiscovery by java.util.ServiceLoader. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/io/fsp/filesystemprovider.html Cheers, Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
