Package org.apache.commons.net.ftp

Class FTPListParseEngine

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPListParseEngine
public class FTPListParseEngine extends Object
This class handles the entire process of parsing a listing of file entries from the server.

This object defines a two-part parsing mechanism.

The first part consists of reading the raw input into an internal list of strings. Every item in this list corresponds to an actual file. All extraneous matter emitted by the server will have been removed by the end of this phase. This is accomplished in conjunction with the FTPFileEntryParser associated with this engine, by calling its methods readNextEntry() - which handles the issue of what delimits one entry from another, usually but not always a line feed and preParse() - which handles removal of extraneous matter such as the preliminary lines of a listing, removal of duplicates on versioning systems, etc.

The second part is composed of the actual parsing, again in conjunction with the particular parser used by this engine. This is controlled by an iterator over the internal list of strings. This may be done either in block mode, by calling the getNext() and getPrevious() methods to provide "paged" output of less than the whole list at one time, or by calling the getFiles() method to return the entire list.

Examples:

Paged access: 

 FTPClient f = FTPClient();
 f.connect(server);
 f.login(user, password);
 FTPListParseEngine engine = f.initiateListParsing(directory);

 while (engine.hasNext()) {
     FTPFile[] files = engine.getNext(25); // "page size" you want
     // do whatever you want with these files, display them, etc.
     // expensive FTPFile objects not created until needed.
 }

For unpaged access, simply use FTPClient.listFiles(). That method uses this class transparently.

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    FTPListParseEngine(FTPFileEntryParser parser)
     

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    List<FTPFile>
    getFileList(FTPFileFilter filter)
    Returns a list of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser.
    FTPFile[]
    getFiles()
    Returns an array of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser.
    FTPFile[]
    getFiles(FTPFileFilter filter)
    Returns an array of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser.
    FTPFile[]
    getNext(int quantityRequested)
    Returns an array of at most quantityRequested FTPFile objects starting at this object's internal iterator's current position.
    FTPFile[]
    getPrevious(int quantityRequested)
    Returns an array of at most quantityRequested FTPFile objects starting at this object's internal iterator's current position, and working back toward the beginning.
    boolean
    hasNext()
    convenience method to allow clients to know whether this object's internal iterator's current position is at the end of the list.
    boolean
    hasPrevious()
    convenience method to allow clients to know whether this object's internal iterator's current position is at the beginning of the list.
    void
    readServerList(InputStream inputStream)
    Deprecated.
    use readServerList(InputStream, String) instead
    void
    readServerList(InputStream inputStream, String charsetName)
    Reads (and closes) the initial reading and preparsing of the list returned by the server.
    void
    resetIterator()
    resets this object's internal iterator to the beginning of the list.

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getFileList

      public List<FTPFile> getFileList(FTPFileFilter filter)
      Returns a list of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser. The files are filtered before being added to the array.
      Parameters:
      filter - FTPFileFilter, must not be null.
      Returns:
      a list of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser.

      NOTE: This array may contain null members if any of the individual file listings failed to parse. The caller should check each entry for null before referencing it, or use a filter such as FTPFileFilters.NON_NULL which does not allow null entries.

      Since:
      3.9.0

    • getFiles

      public FTPFile[] getFiles() throws IOException
      Returns an array of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser.
      Returns:
      an array of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser. None of the entries will be null
      Throws:
      IOException - - not ever thrown, may be removed in a later release

    • getFiles

      public FTPFile[] getFiles(FTPFileFilter filter) throws IOException
      Returns an array of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser. The files are filtered before being added to the array.
      Parameters:
      filter - FTPFileFilter, must not be null.
      Returns:
      an array of FTPFile objects containing the whole list of files returned by the server as read by this object's parser.

      NOTE: This array may contain null members if any of the individual file listings failed to parse. The caller should check each entry for null before referencing it, or use a filter such as FTPFileFilters.NON_NULL which does not allow null entries.

      Throws:
      IOException - - not ever thrown, may be removed in a later release
      Since:
      2.2

    • getNext

      public FTPFile[] getNext(int quantityRequested)
      Returns an array of at most quantityRequested FTPFile objects starting at this object's internal iterator's current position. If fewer than quantityRequested such elements are available, the returned array will have a length equal to the number of entries at and after the current position. If no such entries are found, this array will have a length of 0. After this method is called this object's internal iterator is advanced by a number of positions equal to the size of the array returned.
      Parameters:
      quantityRequested - the maximum number of entries we want to get.
      Returns:
      an array of at most quantityRequested FTPFile objects starting at the current position of this iterator within its list and at least the number of elements which exist in the list at and after its current position.

      NOTE: This array may contain null members if any of the individual file listings failed to parse. The caller should check each entry for null before referencing it.

    • getPrevious

      public FTPFile[] getPrevious(int quantityRequested)
      Returns an array of at most quantityRequested FTPFile objects starting at this object's internal iterator's current position, and working back toward the beginning. If fewer than quantityRequested such elements are available, the returned array will have a length equal to the number of entries at and after the current position. If no such entries are found, this array will have a length of 0. After this method is called this object's internal iterator is moved back by a number of positions equal to the size of the array returned.
      Parameters:
      quantityRequested - the maximum number of entries we want to get.
      Returns:
      an array of at most quantityRequested FTPFile objects starting at the current position of this iterator within its list and at least the number of elements which exist in the list at and after its current position. This array will be in the same order as the underlying list (not reversed).

      NOTE: This array may contain null members if any of the individual file listings failed to parse. The caller should check each entry for null before referencing it.

    • hasNext

      public boolean hasNext()
      convenience method to allow clients to know whether this object's internal iterator's current position is at the end of the list.
      Returns:
      true if internal iterator is not at end of list, false otherwise.

    • hasPrevious

      public boolean hasPrevious()
      convenience method to allow clients to know whether this object's internal iterator's current position is at the beginning of the list.
      Returns:
      true if internal iterator is not at beginning of list, false otherwise.

    • readServerList

      @Deprecated public void readServerList(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException
      Deprecated.
      use readServerList(InputStream, String) instead
      Do not use.
      Parameters:
      inputStream - the stream from which to read
      Throws:
      IOException - on error

    • readServerList

      public void readServerList(InputStream inputStream, String charsetName) throws IOException
      Reads (and closes) the initial reading and preparsing of the list returned by the server. After this method has completed, this object will contain a list of unparsed entries (Strings) each referring to a unique file on the server.
      Parameters:
      inputStream - input stream provided by the server socket.
      charsetName - the encoding to be used for reading the stream
      Throws:
      IOException - thrown on any failure to read from the sever.

    • resetIterator

      public void resetIterator()
      resets this object's internal iterator to the beginning of the list.