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Posted to users@jackrabbit.apache.org by Kristian Rink <ka...@zimmer428.net> on 2007/11/07 13:15:11 UTC
[OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Folks;
sorry for the OT: Being into building a WebDAV enabled
application based on tomcat, I am so far trying to find a way how to
programmatically interact with the WebDAV using some kind of Java
webdav library - but which one? As far as I have seen so far, there is
next to no working, up-to-date Java WebDAV client library:
- Jakarta Slide seems to have been retired a while ago. For what I see
on the site, there is a pointer to jackrabbit but so far I have failed
to find a generic webdav client in jackrabbit-jcr-webdav. Is there such
functionality in it?
- commons-vfs has webdav supported as "sandbox" component for quite
some aeons by now it seems.
- SkunkDAV just doesn't work, constantly throwing NPEs, and it's rather
old (2001) either.
So... does anyone of the kind, wise people out here know a better way
how to interact with a WebDAV server from within a Java application? Is
there any way how to programmatically access, modify, add, remove files
from/to WebDAV without manually crafting a WebDAV client on my own on
top of some HTTP client lib?
Thanks in advance and best regards,
Kristian
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Re: [OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Posted by Torgeir Veimo <to...@pobox.com>.
>
There's apparently a library in use by the eclipse project, did you
have a look at that? It think it originated with the old IBM
alphaworks webdav project.
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Re: [OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Posted by ossi petz <os...@hallo.ms>.
Hallo
well i think it should be possible to write / read files with webdav and
the slide webdavlib. the library may be 3-4 years old but i dont see any
strong movement on webdav itself so it should work.
a lot of tools actually use this lib (maven wagon, commons http client
and so on)
currently i am doing some experiments with httpclient/slide and https
and reading files seems to work.
there are some articles on this too:
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/12/23/slide.html
using the latest snapshot vfs form:
http://people.apache.org/builds/commons/nightly/commons-vfs/commons-vfs-20070730.zip
http://people.apache.org/builds/commons/nightly/commons-vfs/commons-vfs-20070730-src.zip
the src file contains an ant build script that will collect the required
jars.
curious if someone has ever used vfs with slide-clientlib and https?
regards
ossi
Kristian Rink schrieb:
> Hello Sean, @list;
>
>
> and, first off, thanks loads for all the kind pointers offered here on
> this issue, much appreciated. :) Indeed so far I would second ossi's
> question on having a short pointer on how to use the WebDAV methods in
> jackrabbit-webdav module together with commons-httpclient - has anyone
> tried this so far in a generic way?
>
> About the Eclipse WebDAV: I am not sure it's still up and working, at
> least having a quick look I haven't found the modules in question in my
> 3.3 binary installment as well as it seems there ain't no webdav
> feature/plugin around to be installed anymore. Sad thing. :( In my very
> case however it seems I have to give up on WebDAV altogether for that
> project anyhow - it seems so far no client I found is capable of
> programmatically talking to a remote Oracle ContentDB WebDAV
> environment installed behind a load-balancing web server...
>
>
> Am Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:37:17 -0800
> schrieb "Sean Sullivan" <se...@seansullivan.com>:
>> Can you document your findings/researching in the Javapedia wiki?
>>
>> http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javapedia/WebDAV
>
> I will do so of course; thanks for the pointer. :)
>
> Cheers & best regards,
> Kristian
>
>
Re: [OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Posted by Kristian Rink <ka...@zimmer428.net>.
Hello Sean, @list;
and, first off, thanks loads for all the kind pointers offered here on
this issue, much appreciated. :) Indeed so far I would second ossi's
question on having a short pointer on how to use the WebDAV methods in
jackrabbit-webdav module together with commons-httpclient - has anyone
tried this so far in a generic way?
About the Eclipse WebDAV: I am not sure it's still up and working, at
least having a quick look I haven't found the modules in question in my
3.3 binary installment as well as it seems there ain't no webdav
feature/plugin around to be installed anymore. Sad thing. :( In my very
case however it seems I have to give up on WebDAV altogether for that
project anyhow - it seems so far no client I found is capable of
programmatically talking to a remote Oracle ContentDB WebDAV
environment installed behind a load-balancing web server...
Am Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:37:17 -0800
schrieb "Sean Sullivan" <se...@seansullivan.com>:
> Can you document your findings/researching in the Javapedia wiki?
>
> http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javapedia/WebDAV
I will do so of course; thanks for the pointer. :)
Cheers & best regards,
Kristian
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"One dreaming alone, it will be only a dream; many dreaming together
is the beginning of a new reality." (Hundertwasser)
Re: [OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Posted by Sean Sullivan <se...@seansullivan.com>.
Kristian,
Eclipse has a WebDAV client library. I don't know if the code is
actively maintained:
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/platform-webdav-home/main.html?view=co
Can you document your findings/researching in the Javapedia wiki?
http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javapedia/WebDAV
Sean
On 11/7/07, Kristian Rink <ka...@zimmer428.net> wrote:
>
> Folks;
>
> sorry for the OT: Being into building a WebDAV enabled
> application based on tomcat, I am so far trying to find a way how to
> programmatically interact with the WebDAV using some kind of Java
> webdav library - but which one? As far as I have seen so far, there is
> next to no working, up-to-date Java WebDAV client library:
>
> - Jakarta Slide seems to have been retired a while ago. For what I see
> on the site, there is a pointer to jackrabbit but so far I have failed
> to find a generic webdav client in jackrabbit-jcr-webdav. Is there such
> functionality in it?
>
> - commons-vfs has webdav supported as "sandbox" component for quite
> some aeons by now it seems.
>
> - SkunkDAV just doesn't work, constantly throwing NPEs, and it's rather
> old (2001) either.
>
> So... does anyone of the kind, wise people out here know a better way
> how to interact with a WebDAV server from within a Java application? Is
> there any way how to programmatically access, modify, add, remove files
> from/to WebDAV without manually crafting a WebDAV client on my own on
> top of some HTTP client lib?
>
> Thanks in advance and best regards,
> Kristian
Re: [OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Posted by ossi petz <os...@hallo.ms>.
Hallo jackrabbit :)
The slide is retired pointer has brought me here too. So the question
may not be that OT as indicated in the subject.
but back to my stupid questions. i am looking for a webdav client too.
from what i found:
- Commons VFS, but it relies on slide too. so its not future safe
- A commercial http client:
http://www.oaklandsoftware.com/product_http/compare.html
lets say quite expensive.
- (slide webdav client)
Are there some instructions on how to use apache http client with the
jackrabbit webdav extensions? i was too stupid to find any documentation
or examples.
Does Java-RMI Webdav mean you can only connect to certain servers? Or
does that not matter? So one could connect to any other webdav server
(Apache HTTPD/DAV)?
Thanks for any input
regards
ossi
Angela Schreiber schrieb:
> use the extensions
> to commons-httpclient that are present in the jackrabbit-webdav
> project... they cover the methods defined by rfc 2518, 3253,
> 3648, 3744, dasl but have never been put together to a complete
> dav-client. hinthint ;)
>
>
Re: [OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Posted by Vpupkin <ge...@maas.de>.
Jukka Zitting wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> Angela Schreiber wrote:
>>
>>> ...SKIPED..
>>> dav-client. hinthint ;)
>>
>> +1
>>
>> > ...SKIPED..
>> to nothing concrete
>> > ...SKIPED..
>> Jukka Zitting
>>
>>
>
+1
at the moment i tried http://soren.lund.org/cadaver.html Cadaver for using
current JackRabbit-repo. But surely it will be nice to have some ,
"independent" from java-RMI, client to use full
http://jackrabbit.apache.org/doc/components/webdav.html spec-list, declared
by Jackrabbit. Could somebody advise me some another client, which cover
JR-WebDav functionality?
BTW - Eclipse-plugin from day.com also utilize only pure RMI-transport. May
be it will be nice first place to add WebDav as additional "connector" ;-)
?
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Re: [OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Posted by Jukka Zitting <ju...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
On Nov 7, 2007 3:03 PM, Angela Schreiber <an...@day.com> wrote:
> not exactly what you are looking for, but at least cheaper than
> using any kind of client lib, would be to use the extensions
> to commons-httpclient that are present in the jackrabbit-webdav
> project... they cover the methods defined by rfc 2518, 3253,
> 3648, 3744, dasl but have never been put together to a complete
> dav-client. hinthint ;)
+1
There's been some interest in merging the remains of Slide and the
current Jakarta HttpComponents into a single Java HTTP project that
might perhaps be taken to the Apache Incubator for community building.
So far these efforts seem to have lead to nothing concrete, but there
certainly are a number of people who are interested in something like
this.
BR,
Jukka Zitting
Re: [OT] webdav client libraries for Java?
Posted by Angela Schreiber <an...@day.com>.
hi kristian
> So... does anyone of the kind, wise people out here know a better way
> how to interact with a WebDAV server from within a Java application? Is
> there any way how to programmatically access, modify, add, remove files
> from/to WebDAV without manually crafting a WebDAV client on my own on
> top of some HTTP client lib?
not exactly what you are looking for, but at least cheaper than
using any kind of client lib, would be to use the extensions
to commons-httpclient that are present in the jackrabbit-webdav
project... they cover the methods defined by rfc 2518, 3253,
3648, 3744, dasl but have never been put together to a complete
dav-client. hinthint ;)
regards
angela
> Thanks in advance and best regards,
> Kristian
>