net.fckeditor.connector
Interface Connector

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLocalFileSystemConnector, ContextConnector, LocalConnector

public interface Connector

Backend interface of a File Browser connector. A connector serves and manages files and folders accessed through the File Browser on an arbitrary backend system.
The connector will receive a request if, and only if, the request was valid in terms of valid and reasonable parameters up to an abstract point which is independent from a specific connector implementation.

Helpful classes and methods:

1. If you need to access the request instance itself and/or the context parameters sent from the File Browser, take a look at the ThreadLocalData class.
2. Use RequestCycleHandler.getUserFilesAbsolutePath, AbstractLocalFileSystemConnector.getRealUserFilesAbsolutePath (if use it) to resolve the real path or simply do it yourself.

Version:

$Id: Connector.java 3915 2009-07-16 20:41:51Z mosipov $

Field Summary

static String	KEY_NAME Key 'name' for a file's name
static String	KEY_SIZE Key 'size' for a file's length

Method Summary

void	createFolder(ResourceType type, String currentFolder, String newFolder) Creates a new folder on the backend.
String	fileUpload(ResourceType type, String currentFolder, String fileName, InputStream inputStream) Uploads a new file on to the backend.
List<Map<String,Object>>	getFiles(ResourceType type, String currentFolder) Returns a list of file attributes from the backend.
List<String>	getFolders(ResourceType type, String currentFolder) Returns a list of folders from the backend.
void	init(ServletContext servletContext) Initializes this connector.

Field Detail

KEY_NAME

static final String KEY_NAME

Key 'name' for a file's name

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Constant Field Values

KEY_SIZE

static final String KEY_SIZE

Key 'size' for a file's length

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

init

void init(ServletContext servletContext)
          throws Exception

Initializes this connector. Called at dispatcher initialization.

Parameters:

servletContext - reference to the ServletContext in which the caller is running

Throws:

Exception - if the connector initialization fails due to some reason

getFiles

List<Map<String,Object>> getFiles(ResourceType type,
                                  String currentFolder)
                                  throws InvalidCurrentFolderException,
                                         ReadException

Returns a list of file attributes from the backend. Use the pre-defined keys ("name", "size") to put file attributes into the file map. The file length can be any instance of Number, its long value will be taken as the final value.

Parameters:

type - the current resource type

currentFolder - the current folder

Returns:

a list of file attributes

Throws:

InvalidCurrentFolderException - if the current folder name is invalid or does not exist within the underlying backend

ReadException - if the file attributes could not be read due to some reason

getFolders

List<String> getFolders(ResourceType type,
                        String currentFolder)
                        throws InvalidCurrentFolderException,
                               ReadException

Returns a list of folders from the backend.

Parameters:

type - the current resource type

currentFolder - the current folder

Returns:

a list of folder names

Throws:

InvalidCurrentFolderException - if the current folder name is invalid or does not exist within the underlying backend

ReadException - if the folder names could not be read due to some reason

createFolder

void createFolder(ResourceType type,
                  String currentFolder,
                  String newFolder)
                  throws InvalidCurrentFolderException,
                         InvalidNewFolderNameException,
                         FolderAlreadyExistsException,
                         WriteException

Creates a new folder on the backend.

Parameters:

type - the current resource type

currentFolder - the current folder

newFolder - name of the new folder

Throws:

InvalidCurrentFolderException - if the current folder name is invalid or does not exist within the underlying backend

InvalidNewFolderNameException - if the new folder name is invalid due to some reason

FolderAlreadyExistsException - if the new folder already exists

WriteException - if the new folder could not be created due to some reason

fileUpload

String fileUpload(ResourceType type,
                  String currentFolder,
                  String fileName,
                  InputStream inputStream)
                  throws InvalidCurrentFolderException,
                         WriteException

Uploads a new file on to the backend. You are not allowed to overwrite already existing files, rename the new file and return the new filename.

Parameters:

type - the current resource type

currentFolder - the current folder

fileName - the name of the new file

inputStream - input stream of the new file

Returns:

the (eventually renamed) name of the uploaded file

Throws:

InvalidCurrentFolderException - if the current folder name is invalid or does not exist within the underlying backend

WriteException - if the new file could not be created due to some reason