Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news.ripco.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Arne Vajhøj" Subject: Re: com.sun.ftp? Message-ID: <5021F862.56283.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Knute Johnson Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5021F862.56282.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5021F862.56282.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 3864aab4 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 ecc5ee03 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 37 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:17328 To: Knute Johnson From: Arne Vajhoj On 8/6/2012 7:06 PM, Knute Johnson wrote: > 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. > > 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. The earliest reference I can find for this class is from 2000. http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=17357 so it has been kept undocumented and unsupported for 12 years. But maybe it will be documented within the next 12 years. :-) But if they document it then the package name would be changed, so even that would require a code change. Arne --- 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