Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.ripco.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Knute Johnson" Subject: Re: com.sun.ftp? Message-ID: <5021F862.56282.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Arne Vajhøj Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5021F862.56281.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5021F862.56281.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 ecc5ee03 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 b11b2bee Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 29 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:20:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344406816 69.21.70.65 (Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:20:16 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:20:16 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17333 To: Arne Vajhøj From: Knute Johnson On 8/6/2012 3:02 PM, Arne Vajhoj wrote: > On 8/6/2012 4:37 PM, Knute Johnson wrote: >> Anybody know what the plans are for com.sun.ftp? I've got a project >> that would work out really well if I could use the FtpClient class from >> that package. Is it in the Mac version of Java 7? > > Why not use the Apache Common Net library? > > Instead of relying on some undocumented can change anytime stuff. > > Arne > > I think I was assuming that it is a coming feature. Why would they go to the effort to create an ftp package and include it in the JDK if it wasn't going to be a regular package some day. -- Knute Johnson --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24