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Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:24:04 +0200
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Philippe Poulard wrote:
> i need these attributes to create the file : XML:DB oblige to indicate 
> if a file is XML or binary ; other attributes may also be required 
> according to the provider ; so, if IMAGINARY was a type that would 
> accept attributes, all would work fine
Hmmm ... I am not happy with this.

Sure, this is a small and easy change but it breaks VFS philosphy: A 
single and consistent api to access files.
Why? - You now have to know which filesystem you access and maybe setup 
some (not defined by the fs) attributes to correctly create/read/write 
files.

Say if I would like to move from a FTP: store to XMLDB: I would like to 
be able to do this without the need to change the whole application 
(e.g. set attributes before file creation)


When exactly do you need those attributes?
If we need to distinguish between binary/text files wouldnt it be better 
we provide a configuration to map filename-extensions/content-types to 
its type?

Which attributes else do you need?

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Mario


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