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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:46:51 +0000
From: Rory Winston <rwinston@eircom.net>
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Subject: Re: [NET] FTP client object lifespan
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Tony

You'll need to provide this info on reconnect.

Thanks
Rory
Tony Cooke wrote:
> Hi Rory.
>
> Basically I'm talking about everything needed to connect to a server.
>
> - login/password information
> - host / IP address of server
> - passive / active connection information
> - system type
> - timezone, etc
> - basically everything to do with setting up a connection to a server
>
> That way you can connect and disconnect from the server just by calling
> connect() or disconnect() without having to set up the FTPClient every
> time.
>
> The file monitor program I'm writing (with regards to FTP) requires that
> I pass through an object and the filename to monitor, but this could be
> multiple FTP locations with files for each location.
>
> With the FTPClient as it stands I would need to set up the connection
> each time I connected because the disconnect would reset everything back
> to defaults.
>
> I hope that explains it better.
>
> All the best,
> Tony
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rory Winston [mailto:rwinston@eircom.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2006 9:18 AM
>> To: Jakarta Commons Users List
>> Subject: Re: [NET] FTP client object lifespan
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> Not really sure I understand the question - what configuration
>> information are you talking about?
>>
>> Rory
>>
>> Tony Cooke wrote:
>>     
>>> OK. This is probably a dumb question but I'll ask anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What is the lifespan of an FTPClient object?
>>>
>>> OR.... Do I need to recreate the configuration information each time
>>>       
> I
>   
>>> connect and disconnect?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What I plan on doing is making an application that periodically
>>>       
> monitors
>   
>>> for any file changes on an ftp server. (VFS is supposed to do this
>>>       
> but
>   
>>> currently doesn't. I've had a bug logged for a while now but I got
>>>       
> tired
>   
>>> of waiting)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What I want to do is set up the configuration information (system
>>>       
> type,
>   
>>> IP address / Host name, user ID, password, etc) for the FTPClient
>>>       
> and
>   
>>> use this with my monitor, connecting, checking the file for
>>>       
> lastModified
>   
>>> time and then disconnecting. This will be done every few hours or
>>>       
> so.
>   
>>>
>>> I don't particularly want to have to set up the config information
>>>       
> each
>   
>>> time as I'm trying to make the monitor as generic as possible to
>>>       
> monitor
>   
>>> multiple ftp locations, with differing configurations. (Basically I
>>>       
> want
>   
>>> to call the monitor with an FTPClient objects and it will monitor a
>>>       
> file
>   
>>> specified for each object)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I know that the disconnect resets the configuration to default but
>>>       
> I'm
>   
>>> wondering if there's any way to have an FTPClient object that
>>>       
> retains it
>   
>>> all so I just need to connect, check the files and disconnect.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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