Commons Virtual File SystemCommons VFS provides a single API for accessing various different file systems. It presents a uniform view of the files from various different sources, such as the files on local disk, on an HTTP server, or inside a Zip archive. Some of the features of Commons VFS are:
RequirementsMany of the file systems require that optional components be present in order for the protocol to be enabled. See the download and build page for information on the optional dependencies.
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Apache Commons VFS 2.5.0 is a new features and bug fix release. Version 2.5.0 adds the modules
Apache Commons VFS 2.4.1 is a bug fix release. Apache Commons VFS 2.4 is a new features and bug fix release. Apache Commons VFS 2.3 is a new features and bug fix release. Apache Commons VFS 2.2 is a new features and bug fix release.
Apache Commons VFS 2.1 is a bugfix release to VFS 2.0. If you meet the requirements you should be able
to replace 2.0 with 2.1 without the need for changes to API consumers. VFS 2.1 has introduced some now
methods for provider interfaces (like Apache Commons VFS 2.0 adds support for FTPS and WebDav have been added in addition to many bugs being fixed. Version 2.0 is not binary compatible with version 1.0. To insure that both 1.0 and 2.0 can coexist version 2.0 has had its Maven groupId changed to org.apache.commons, its Maven artifact changed to commons-vfs2, and the package names are now org.apache.commons.vfs2. The API changes are fairly minor and will mostly impact provider implementations. |