Right. Given that a FileSystemView is created against an FTP session.. Can I get the Session from a FileSystemView. My implementation requires me to be able to get the IP address of the client that is performing the RETR.
Regards On 25 November 2010 11:32, John Hartnup <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25 November 2010 11:18, Aidan Diffey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have embedded the FTP server into a JBoss application. When the >> client issues a RETR command, I read a database and get a byte[] which >> I the transfer to the client. >> >> How can I transfer the data to the client with the onDownloadStart >> method without opening / closing data connections? >> >> > It sounds like you need to implement your own FilesystemView, > FilesystemFactory and FtpFile class, which backends to the database. > > When FtpServer starts a data transfer, it would request an FtpFile object > from the FilesystemView, and call FtpFile's createInputStream(). This > InputStream needs to read from your database (or, if you prefer, from a > byte[] obtained from a DB read). > > Configure this with the <filesystem> configuration element, or call > setFileSystemManager(). > > It's possible that an ftplet onDownloadStart() and onDownloadEnd() might do > some housekeeping to prepare for the download, and tidy up afterwards, but I > think you'll probably find it's not necessary and that that stuff can go in > your FtpFile implementation. > > > -- > "There is no way to peace; peace is the way" >
