So I can assume that all providers would either allow names "/like/this/one.jpg" or change such names on my behalf to whatever delimiters are supported? Or is there a way to get a provider's suggested delimiters for "directory emulation" (like the forward slash in the above example) and "file extension emulation" (like the period in the above example)?
Logan On Feb 22, 2018 2:15 AM, "Andrew Gaul" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Logan, the good news is that you mostly need not change your workflow at all. Blobstores generally do not support directories; instead they emulate them using prefixes and delimiters. Previously jclouds emulated directory support to accommodate corner-case providers such as Atmos and the filesystem, while most providers used these prefixes and delimiters natively. One of our contributers did a bunch of work to realign jclouds with the blobstore reality. What does this mean practically? Likely very litter -- you can continue to create /blobs/like/this but need not call createDirectory. getBlob remains the same but in list() you should use prefix and delimiter to limit queries to only the blobs you have interest in. On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 07:02:39PM -0600, Logan Widick wrote: > After looking at the Javadocs for version 2.0.x, I noticed that > createDirectory() was deprecated. How should I go about creating some sort > of hierarchy within a container stored in a given location by a given > provider? > > A line of example code and its associated comment (reproduced below) from > the BlobStore start guide (https://jclouds.apache.org/start/blobstore/) > suggests that one can pass to the BlobStore.blobBuilder() method arbitrary > paths separated by forward slashes (like "folderName/sushi.jpg" or > "folderName/anotherFolderName/sushi.gif"). Is this the recommended approach > for every provider, or just Amazon S3? Is there another approach? > > blob = blobStore.blobBuilder("test") // you can use folders via > blobBuilder(folderName + "/sushi.jpg") > > > Thanks, > > Logan Widick -- Andrew Gaul http://gaul.org/
