ro.fortsoft.pf4j.update

Interface FileDownloader

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleFileDownloader

public interface FileDownloader

Interface to download a file

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.nio.file.Path	downloadFile(URL fileUrl) Downloads a file to destination.

Method Detail

downloadFile

java.nio.file.Path downloadFile(URL fileUrl)
                                throws ro.fortsoft.pf4j.PluginException,
                                       IOException

Downloads a file to destination. The implementation should download to a temporary folder. Implementations may choose to support different protocols such as http, https, ftp, file... The path returned must be of temporary nature and will most probably be moved/deleted by consumer

Parameters:

fileUrl - the URL representing the file to download

Returns:

Path of downloaded file, typically in a temporary folder

Throws:

IOException - if there was an IO problem during download

ro.fortsoft.pf4j.PluginException - in case of other problems, such as unsupported protocol