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org.apache.commons.net.ftp

Class FTPFileList

java.lang.Object
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public class FTPFileList
extends java.lang.Object

This class encapsulates a listing of files from an FTP server. It is initialized with an input stream which is read and the input split into lines, each of which (after some possible initial verbiage) represents a file on the FTP server. A parser is also supplied, which is used to iterate through the internal list of lines parsing each into an FTPFile object which is returned to the caller of the iteration methods. This parser may be replaced with another, allowing the same list to be parsed with different parsers. Parsing takes place on an as-needed basis, basically, the first time a position is iterated over. This happens at the time of iteration, not prior to it as the older (FTPClient.listFiles() methods did, which required a bigger memory hit.
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See Also:
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient.createFileList
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFileIterator
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFileEntryParser
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPListParseEngine

Method Summary

static FTPFileList

create(InputStream stream, FTPFileEntryParser parser)

The only way to create an FTPFileList object.

FTPFile[]

getFiles()

returns an array of FTPFile objects for all the files in the directory listing

FTPFileIterator

iterator()

create an iterator over this list using the parser with which this list was initally created

FTPFileIterator

iterator(FTPFileEntryParser parser)

create an iterator over this list using the supplied parser

void

readStream(InputStream stream)

internal method for reading the input into the lines vector.

Method Details

create

public static FTPFileList create(InputStream stream, FTPFileEntryParser parser)

The only way to create an FTPFileList object. Invokes the private constructor and then reads the stream supplied stream to build the intermediate array of "lines" which will later be parsed into FTPFile object.

Parameters:
stream - The input stream created by reading the socket on which the output of the LIST command was returned
parser - the default FTPFileEntryParser to be used by this object.
Returns:
the FTPFileList created, with an initialized of unparsed lines of output. Will be null if the listing cannot be read from the stream.
Throws:
- Thrown on any failure to read from the socket.

getFiles

public FTPFile[] getFiles()

returns an array of FTPFile objects for all the files in the directory listing

Returns:
an array of FTPFile objects for all the files in the directory listinge

iterator

public FTPFileIterator iterator()

create an iterator over this list using the parser with which this list was initally created

Returns:
an iterator over this list using the list's default parser.

iterator

public FTPFileIterator iterator(FTPFileEntryParser parser)

create an iterator over this list using the supplied parser

Parameters:
parser - The user-supplied parser with which the list is to be iterated, may be different from this list's default parser.
Returns:
an iterator over this list using the supplied parser.

readStream

public void readStream(InputStream stream)

internal method for reading the input into the lines vector.

Parameters:
stream - The socket stream on which the input will be read.
Throws:
- thrown on any failure to read the stream