For now, I have add the 2 methods in FileAccess  :
1. If a file exists under a bucket dir
2. list all the files in the bucket dir

If later we need more, we can think about exposing the
FileSystem/FileContext.

Created the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-apex-malhar/pull/119


On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Thomas Weise <[email protected]> wrote:

> At this point we should probably consider the DFS as the abstraction? The
> original purpose of the wrapper was to abstract it to be able to use a
> different file API.
>
> --
> sent from mobile
> On Dec 4, 2015 3:53 PM, "Chandni Singh" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Can I add a FileContext getFileContext(...) to the FileAccess API?
> >
> > I want to be able to access more functions that are provided by
> > FileContext. Either we keep on adding these methods to FileAccess or
> > provide access to the underlying object.
> >
> > Siyuan suggested allowing access to FileContext and not FileSystem as
> > FileContext can not be closed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chandni
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 4:20 AM, Tushar Gosavi <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > My preference would be to add these functions in FileAccess itself
> other
> > > than creating a new interface.
> > >
> > > - Tushar.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Chandni Singh <[email protected]
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > A FileAccess API has been added to Malhar and few implementations of
> > the
> > > > API like TFileImpl, DTFileImpl, etc have been added as well.
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to use this API in ManagedState. However I need few more
> > > > capabilities:
> > > > 1. A method which tells whether a file exists on the disk.
> > > > 2. A method which returns list of files in the directory.
> > > >
> > > > How should I approach this?
> > > >
> > > > 1. Modify FileAccess API and add these methods since I think this is
> a
> > > > common functionality and maybe needed for other places where
> FileAccess
> > > is
> > > > used
> > > >
> > > > 2. Add another Interface, say FileAccessAndMore ( can't think of a
> > > suitable
> > > > name :) ) which has the above 2 methods. Make the FileAccessFSImpl
> > (base
> > > > class of TFileImpl & DTFileImpl)  implement  FileAccessAndMore.
> > > > ManagedState will work with FileAccessAndMore.
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know your recommendations.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Chandni
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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