Beginner's documentation or tutorial?

[Bart Berger <bb...@Brocade.COM>]

Hi,

I'm having difficulty learning the basics of embedding the Apache FtpServer in my app.  Is there any documentation other than what's at http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/documentation.html, or did I miss a crucial link?

I generated the javadoc from downloaded sources, and that helps a little, but still leaves many questions unanswered.

For example, the 5-minute tutorial says to start the server with:
FtpServerFactory serverFactory = new FtpServerFactory();
FtpServer server = serverFactory.createServer();
server.start();

But how do I use ftpd.xml file to configure the server?  I'm hoping there is just some way to specify the location of ftpd.xml that I missed.

I'd also like to programmatically create a user with write permission.  UserFactory wants a list of Authority objects, but I've been unable to figure out how to create the Authority objects.

Any pointers to basic setup info would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Bart

Re: Beginner's documentation or tutorial?

[Niklas Gustavsson <ni...@protocol7.com>]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 2:47 AM, Bart Berger <bb...@brocade.com> wrote:
> But how do I use ftpd.xml file to configure the server?  I'm hoping there is just some way to specify the location of ftpd.xml that I missed.

ftpd.xml is a Spring bean definition, so you need to load it using
Spring. Something like:

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext ctx = new
FileSystemXmlApplicationContext("ftpd.xml");
FtpServer server = (FtpServer) ctx.getBean("server");

> I'd also like to programmatically create a user with write permission.  UserFactory wants a list of Authority objects, but I've been unable to figure out how to create the Authority objects.

Use UserFactory.setAuthorities() and add a
org.apache.ftpserver.usermanager.impl.WritePermission.

Hope that will get you started.

/niklas