hi edgar, i added your VFS-based FileSystem implementation (http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-55) to the contrib directory, thanks.
i would like to add your name to the contributers list (http://incubator.apache.org/jackrabbit/team-list.html#Contributors). would you like to have your email address listed too? thanks again, stefan On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 18:50:12 -0300, Edgar Poce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi stefan > > > > > i don't see the value in implementing FileSystem on top of yet > > another file system abstraction. i also doubt that web-dav, ftp, > sftp, jar, > > et al would be more efficient than the local file system... > > > As I said in another mail I only used VFS because I wanted a memory > filesystem in other applications than jackrabbit, but I guess there are > cases on which a VFS backed filesystem can be a good choice. > > With XMLPersistenceManager I agree with you that it's not very useful, > but another persistence implementation could allow jackrabbit to share > files with other systems (e.g. through webdav), maybe not very efficient > but sometimes integration with legacy systems is a must. > > Besides, VFS might be useful if you don't feel like implementing a file > system from scratch. > > > but on the other hand, that's just my personal view and maybe > > i'm overlooking a valid use case for a VFS-based FileSystem. > > > > cheers > > stefan > > > > Regards > Edgar >
