Which direction do you have in mind here? I'd be up for helping to build a device that makes commons-vfs act as an NIO2 file system provider, but you might be aiming in the opposite direction.
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:02 PM, Peter Ansell <ansell.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
