[VFS] Add close() method to FileSystemManager

[Morten Primdahl <mo...@kikobu.com>]

Hi,

I'm wondering what the rationale behind not having the close()
method on the interface is? The DefaulFileSystemManager has
the implementation of this method, and it would make working
with VFS.getManager() a little nicer.

What's the status on this project BTW? I've noticed patches
submitted here, but they didn't make it to the CVS. Are efforts
slowing down or?

Thanks in advance,

Morten




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Re: [VFS] Add close() method to FileSystemManager

[Anthony Eden <me...@anthonyeden.com>]

Morten Primdahl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering what the rationale behind not having the close()
> method on the interface is? The DefaulFileSystemManager has
> the implementation of this method, and it would make working
> with VFS.getManager() a little nicer.
> 
> What's the status on this project BTW? I've noticed patches
> submitted here, but they didn't make it to the CVS. Are efforts
> slowing down or?

I am wondering the same.  VFS is a really good project and I hate to see 
it languish in the commons sandbox.  What can we as a community do if we 
  send patches or provide new code which is never comitted into the CVS.

I suppose the most drastic solution is to fork the code into 
SourceForge, but I hate to do that if there is no reason for it.

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden


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Re: [VFS] Add close() method to FileSystemManager

[Morten Primdahl <mo...@kikobu.com>]

Thanks for the update Adam. I've been using the VFS for a couple of
weeks now, it's such a nice piece of software - both to use and to view
the source of :) I'm happy to hear that you still have intentions with
this project, and I hope to someday be confident enough in it to be able
to contribute.

Morten



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Re: [VFS] Add close() method to FileSystemManager

[Adam Murdoch <ad...@apache.org>]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 01:08 am, Morten Primdahl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering what the rationale behind not having the close()
> method on the interface is? The DefaulFileSystemManager has
> the implementation of this method, and it would make working
> with VFS.getManager() a little nicer.

Yep, it would.  The rationale is that currently FileSystemManager is pretty 
much read only.  You can look files up, and create new file systems, but you 
can't change the fs manager itself (which is what close() would do) - not via 
the interface, at any rate.  I've been avoiding adding methods like this to 
FileSystemManager, and have been planning on adding a separate 
management/configuration interface where things like close() would go.

> What's the status on this project BTW? I've noticed patches
> submitted here, but they didn't make it to the CVS. Are efforts
> slowing down or?

Efforts have been pretty slow for the past few months.  I'm hoping to change 
that soon ...

-- 
Adam


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