On Aug 8, 2013, at 4:47, "Schalk W. Cronjé" <ysb...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> (Apologies if this has been discussed before, but I could not find anything 
> related).
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> Since Java7, Java.nio.FileSystem and related classes are available. To a 
> great extent this seems to have the same goal as what Apache VFS. It only has 
> file:// implemented and relies on third parties to do the rest.
>
> Has anyone given thought of porting the VFS file system providers to work 
> with this?
>

Yes, it's been briefly discussed.

This would be possible in a new major version of VFS. We really should
release 2.1... Like all projects, it's a matter of finding the time. I
would like to see 2.1 done ASAP and then start work a new major
release for Java 7 that uses the NIO API. No schedule known.

Gary

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> Schalk W. Cronjé
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