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 is comprised 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(username, 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.

Version:

$Id: FTPListParseEngine.java 155429 2005-02-26 13:13:04Z dirkv $

Constructor Summary

FTPListParseEngine(FTPFileEntryParser parser)

Method Summary

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[]	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 stream) Deprecated. The version of this method which takes an encoding should be used.
void	readServerList(InputStream stream, String encoding) handle the iniitial 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 Detail

FTPListParseEngine

public FTPListParseEngine(FTPFileEntryParser parser)

Method Detail

readServerList

public void readServerList(InputStream stream,
                           String encoding)
                    throws IOException

handle the iniitial 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:

stream - input stream provided by the server socket.

Throws:

IOException - thrown on any failure to read from the sever.

readServerList

public void readServerList(InputStream stream)
                    throws IOException

Deprecated. The version of this method which takes an encoding should be used.

handle the iniitial 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:

stream - input stream provided by the server socket.

Throws:

IOException - thrown on any failure to read from the sever.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

Throws:

IOException

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.

resetIterator

public void resetIterator()

resets this object's internal iterator to the beginning of the list.