Activity - deliverFromGFTP

Activity Type: Delivery

Description

Retrieve data from a GridFTP server. On the server-side OGSA-DAI will use the client's GSI security credential during the transfer. If no credential is provided then the activity will fail.

Example

<deliverFromGFTP name="retrieve">
  <fromGFTP host="somehost.org" port="8080" file="path/file.ext"/>
  <toLocal name="dataSink"/>
</deliverFromGDT>

Specification

Element deliverFromGFTP:

• Attribute name - unique name for the activity within the scope of a request.
• Element fromGFTP (required) - the GridFTP server from which the data is to be retrieved.
  • Attribute host (required) - GridFTP server host.
  • Attribute port (required) - GridFTP server port.
  • Attribute file (required) - GridFTP server path and file.
• toLocal (required) - output stream.
  • Attribute name - name of this activity's output stream.

Input and Output Types

• Inputs: none
• Output: toLocal - byte[]

Data Resource Accessor

This activity can operate with any data resource accessor.

XML Schema

OGSA-DAI/schema/ogsadai/xsd/activities/deliver_from_gftp.xsd

Class

uk.org.ogsadai.activity.delivery.wsrf.DeliverFromGFTPActivity

Client Toolkit Class

uk.org.ogsadai.client.toolkit.activity.delivery.DeliverFromGFTP