Package sfi.director.retriever

The retriever package provides a simple method of accessing local and remote files via an URL. More...

Classes
class	AtomicFileRetriever
	The AtomicFileRetriever tries to replace target files in one (nearly) "atomic" rename operation after file close. More...
class	BackupFileRetriever
	The BackupFileRetriever is identical to the AtomicFileRetriever. More...
class	CfgFileReader
	reads files from a retriever and expands include files. More...
class	CfgFileRetriever
class	FileInsertRetriever
	The FileInsertRetriever tries to replace specially marked sections in target files. More...
class	FileRetriever
class	PipeRetriever
class	RemoteFile
class	Retriever
interface	RetrieverDriver
class	RetrieverManager
class	ServerRetriever
class	StdIORetriever

Detailed Description

The retriever package provides a simple method of accessing local and remote files via an URL.

Main class is the RetrieverManager class. Its connect() method accepts an URL and tries to find a retriever willing to provide access to the associated file.

Retrievers usually allow access via anonymous stream connections (no file based access to remote files is possible) as well as via local files.

One important retriever - mainly used by agents - is the ServerRetriever which allows to access files via a connected SFI Director server (proxy access).