I ended up with a work around as I could not find how to create a File object from an object of type Asset (the code I posted previously did break when I was receiving a AssetWrapper).
Note that this work around is probably not needed for Magnolia 5 since the DAM module (version 1.0-alpha2-3 at the time of writing [july 2013]) provides an Asset interface that has a [quote]getContentStream()[/quote] method returning an [quote]InputStream[/quote]. See [url=http://nexus.magnolia-cms.com/content/sites/magnolia.public.sites/modules/magnolia-module-dam/1.0-alpha2-3/magnolia-module-dam-parent/magnolia-module-dam/apidocs/index.html]http://nexus.magnolia-cms.com/content/sites/magnolia.public.sites/modules/magnolia-module-dam/1.0-alpha2-3/magnolia-module-dam-parent/magnolia-module-dam/apidocs/index.html[/url] [code]... Asset asset = stkTemplatingFunctions.getAsset(node, "pdf"); String assetLink = stkTemplatingFunctions.getAssetLink(node, "pdf"); if (assetLink!=null){ log.info("asset found"); String urlStringForAsset = getUrlString(assetLink); log.info("url link to asset: " + urlStringForAsset); try { URL url = new URL(urlStringForAsset); String tDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"); String path = tDir + "tmp"; // + ".pdf"; // file = File.createTempFile("tmp", ""); file = new File(path); file.deleteOnExit(); // This will only work in PUBLIC instance (files are accessible by "not-logged-in" users) FileUtils.copyURLToFile(url, file); log.info("File exists? " + file.exists()); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } ... private String getUrlString(String pathname) { ExtendedAggregationState eState = (ExtendedAggregationState) MgnlContext.getAggregationState(); String domainName = eState.getDomainName(); return "http://"; + domainName + pathname; }[/code] So this work around simply creates a file from a URL. Which as mentioned in the comment would only work in PUBLIC instance as files on your Author instance are not accessible by users who are not logged in. Again, not the way I wished to go for but that's the only way I managed to get this working fine. Looking forward to move on to Magnolia 5 & use the DAM module API :) -- Context is everything: http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/forum/thread.html?threadId=1f484c58-604b-4b08-86f6-947080d7e2a8 ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details, see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/community/mailing-lists.html Alternatively, use our forums: http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
