Can we just pick up Netty's buffers and put them in Commons IO and use that from Commons VFS?
Gary On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:06 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Based on experience with ByteBuffers in the past, I have a feeling VFS3 may > want to provide some sort of abstraction over it like how Netty does. > Otherwise, managing ByteBuffers can become painful. > > On 16 March 2017 at 10:31, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Commons VFS is still in Subversion. We're going to need a new Git repo > > regardless. I can do an import for that repo like I did for Pool, but I > > need PMC help to complete the transition. > > > > Also, I was thinking about which Java version to support. Java 7 is > > obviously the minimum due to the API being added there, and it doesn't > look > > like there was anything new added in Java 8 for NIO (other than an > improved > > SelectorProvider implementation on Solaris, but that's not a public > API). I > > don't see any additions in Java 9, either. Now I prefer using Java 8 for > > development, but as there appears to be no specific reason to use Java 8 > > for this version, we could really go either way. Using Java 7 makes more > > sense for creating FileSystemProvider implementations, though depending > on > > any additional APIs added, I don't know if it'll turn out that supporting > > Java 8 APIs will be all that useful. > > > > On 16 March 2017 at 02:39, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> Why not a new branch in the existing repo? > >> > >> Benedikt > >> > >> Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> schrieb am Do. 16. März 2017 > um > >> 06:54: > >> > >> > Yes, and here we are with Java 9 at our doorstep. Time flies. > >> > > >> > I would recommend that you create a commons-vfs3 git repo for this as > >> you > >> > will only be able to borrow some code. A lot will be different. > >> > > >> > Ralph > >> > > >> > > On Mar 15, 2017, at 8:12 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Ralph has mentioned in the past an idea about rewriting commons-vfs > >> using > >> > > java.nio.file from Java 7. I was playing with this API today > >> attempting > >> > to > >> > > abstract some S3 file operations using < > >> > > https://github.com/Upplication/Amazon-S3-FileSystem-NIO2> and found > >> that > >> > > the API is pretty nice. OpenJDK already contains implementations for > >> the > >> > > normal file system and zip files if I recall correctly (so probably > >> also > >> > > jar files). > >> > > > >> > > Anyways, if we were to go forward with starting work on this, should > >> we > >> > > just make a commons-vfs3 branch in the vfs repo? Or does this belong > >> in > >> > the > >> > > sandbox? > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > > > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617290459/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1617290459&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=cadb800f39946ec62ea2b1af9fe6a2b8> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1617290459> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182021/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182021&linkCode=as2&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=31ecd1f6b6d1eaf8886ac902a24de418%22> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182021> Spring Batch in Action <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935182951/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1935182951&linkCode=%7B%7BlinkCode%7D%7D&tag=garygregory-20&linkId=%7B%7Blink_id%7D%7D%22%3ESpring+Batch+in+Action> <http:////ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=garygregory-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1935182951> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
