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WiththehelpofApacheCommonsNetAPI,itiseasytowriteJavacodefor
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learnhowtoproperlyimplementJavacodetogetfilesdownloadedfromaserverviaFTP
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1. Apache Commons Net API for downloading
les by FTP protocol
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downloadingfilesfromaFTPserver:
booleanretrieveFile(Stringremote,OutputStreamlocal):This
methodretrievesaremotefilewhosepathisspecifiedbytheparameterremote,
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methodreturnstrueifoperationcompletedsuccessfully,[Link]
methodissuitableincasewedontcarehowthefileiswrittentodisk,justletthe
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OutputStreamtheafterthemethodreturns.
InputStreamretrieveFileStream(Stringremote):Thismethoddoesnot
useanOutputStream,insteaditreturnsanInputStreamwhichwecanuseto
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method:
ThemethodcompletePendingCommand()mustbecalledafterwardto
finalizefiletransferandcheckitsreturnvaluetoverifyifthedownloadis
actuallydonesuccessfully.
WemustclosetheInputStreamexplicitly.
Whichmethodisusedsuitableforyou?Herearefewtips:
Thefirstmethodprovidesthesimplestwayfordownloadingaremotefile,asjust
passinganOutputStreamofthefilewillbewrittenondisk.
Thesecondmethodrequiresmorecodetobewritten,aswehavetocreatea
newOutputStreamforwritingfilescontentwhilereadingitsbytearraysfrom
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progressofthedownload,[Link]
[Link],wehavetocallthecompletePendingCommand()to
finalizethedownload.
BoththemethodsthrowanIOExceptionexception(oroneofitsdescendants,
FTPConnectionClosedExceptionandCopyStreamException).Therefore,
makesuretohandletheseexceptionswhencallingthemethods.
Inaddition,thefollowingtwomethodsmustbeinvokedbeforecallingthe
retrieveFile()andretrieveFileStream()methods:
voidenterLocalPassiveMode():thismethodswitchesdataconnectionmode
fromservertoclient(defaultmode)toclienttoserverwhichcanpassthrough
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booleansetFileType(intfileType):thismethodsetsfiletypetobe
transferred,[Link]
typetoFTP.BINARY_FILE_TYPE,ratherthanFTP.ASCII_FILE_TYPE.
2. The proper steps to download a le
HerearethestepstoproperlyimplementcodefordownloadingaremotefilefromaFTP
serverusingApacheCommonsNetAPIwhichisdiscussedsofar:
Connectandlogintotheserver.
Enterlocalpassivemodefordataconnection.
Setfiletypetobetransferredtobinary.
Constructpathoftheremotefiletobedownloaded.
CreateanewOutputStreamforwritingthefiletodisk.
Ifusingthefirstmethod(retrieveFile):
PasstheremotefilepathandtheOutputStreamasargumentsofthe
methodretrieveFile().
ClosetheOutputStream.
CheckreturnvalueofretrieveFile()toverifysuccess.
Ifusingthesecondmethod(retrieveFileStream):
RetrieveanInputStreamreturnedbythemethodretrieveFileStream().
RepeatedlyabytearrayfromtheInputStreamandwritethesebytesintothe
OutputStream,untiltheInputStreamisempty.
CallcompletePendingCommand()methodtocompletetransaction.
ClosetheopenedOutputStreamtheInputStream.
CheckreturnvalueofcompletePendingCommand()toverifysuccess.
Logoutanddisconnectfromtheserver.
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/**
*Aprogramdemonstrateshowtouploadfilesfromlocalcomputertoaremote
*FTPserverusingApacheCommonsNetAPI.
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*/
publicclassFTPDownloadFileDemo{
publicstaticvoidmain(String[]args){
Stringserver="[Link]";
intport=21;
Stringuser="user";
Stringpass="pass";
FTPClientftpClient=newFTPClient();
try{
[Link](server,port);
[Link](user,pass);
[Link]();
[Link](FTP.BINARY_FILE_TYPE);
//APPROACH#1:usingretrieveFile(String,OutputStream)
StringremoteFile1="/test/video.mp4";
FiledownloadFile1=newFile("D:/Downloads/video.mp4");
OutputStreamoutputStream1=newBufferedOutputStream(newFileOutputStream(downloadFile1)
booleansuccess=[Link](remoteFile1,outputStream1);
[Link]();
if(success){
[Link]("File#1hasbeendownloadedsuccessfully."
}
//APPROACH#2:usingInputStreamretrieveFileStream(String)
StringremoteFile2="/test/song.mp3";
FiledownloadFile2=newFile("D:/Downloads/song.mp3");
OutputStreamoutputStream2=newBufferedOutputStream(newFileOutputStream(downloadFile2)
InputStreaminputStream=[Link](remoteFile2);
byte[]bytesArray=newbyte[4096];
intbytesRead=1;
while((bytesRead=[Link](bytesArray))!=1){
[Link](bytesArray,0,bytesRead);
}
success=[Link]();
if(success){
[Link]("File#2hasbeendownloadedsuccessfully."
}
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[Link]();
}catch(IOExceptionex){
[Link]("Error:"+[Link]());
[Link]();
}finally{
try{
if([Link]()){
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}
}catch(IOExceptionex){
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}
}
}
}
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4. Compile and run the sample program
Tocompileandruntheprogram,youneedanApacheCommonsNetsjarlibraryfile
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CommonsNet.
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Typethefollowingcommandtocompiletheprogram:
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Andtypethiscommandtoruntheprogram:
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NOTES:
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timeofwritingthisarticle,thelatestversionofApacheCommonsNetAPIis3.3,
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Fordownloadingawholedirectory,seethearticle:Howtodownloadacomplete
folderfromaFTPserver.
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#31vedanshi 2016081100:00
iamgettingthiserror:[Link]:Connectiontimedout:connect
[Link].connect0(NativeMethod)
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#30Cristiane 2016072319:03
timoartigo,timoexemplo!Funcionouperfeitamentenaminhaaplicao.
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#29Evandro 2016072108:32
Muitobom...euestavacomproblemasembaixarimagensdoFTPecomo
exemplodoretriveFIleStreamFuncionou!!
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#28Rod 2016020409:20
FTPDemoExcellentapp
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#27naser
tkankyou
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#26Sara 2015111210:06
Igotthiserror:
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#25Sara 2015111210:01
Hi,thankforthetutorial,
Ihavemanagedtoretrievecvsfiles,butforsomereasonthefilesareempty.
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#24Hacker
nice..
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#23Nam 2014121004:23
HiKrishanuDebnath,
Doyouneedsuchprogramordoyouwanttowritecode?
Iwrotesuchaprogrambeforeusingtherestart()methodoftheApacheCommons
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#22KrishanuDebnath 2014121001:45
ineedajavaprogramtodownloadafileusingurl&inthatsameprogramihaveto
measurethefilesizebeforestartingthedownload&ifservergetdisconnected&
againistartthedownloadedthedownloadingstartsfromtheremainingpart..????
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