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File System Adapter Reference

This page explains the Filesystem Adapter in Bridge context. If you were looking for the same information regarding the PAS Designer, refer to Filesystem Adapter in the Designer guide.

Tagged Values

<<DirectoryAlias>>

Tagged ValueDescriptionAllowed Values
directorySpecify a path to a directory. This directory will be treated as a base directory. It will be either used directly (for a File System Adapter operating directly on directories), or as a base directory for a path segment given by a dynamic file name parameter. It is not possible to jump out of the base directory by ../../aDirectory tricks. The base directory can only be changed in the service settings on the Bridge.Example:./tmp/testDirectory
fileEncodingSpecify the default encoding be used with the directory. This default encoding can be overwritten on adapter calls, using a dynamic encoding parameter, e.g. on File System Adapter calls reading lines, or with the Flat File Adapter.Refer to Charset Definitions for possible values.
defaultiso-8859-1

<<FileAlias>>

Tagged ValueDescriptionAllowed Values
fileSpecify name and path of the file you want to access.Example:.tmp/testDirectory/testFile.txt
encodingSpecify the encoding of the file.Refer to Charset Definitions for possible values.
defaultiso-8859-1
resource

Instead of a file, you can select a resource from the list of imported resources. The File System Adapter will then use the resource instead of file.
The resource can be replaced changing the resource path in the File System Adapter settings of the xUML service.

If resource is specified neither file nor encoding can be overridden dynamically.

See Importing File Resources for more information on importing resources and xUML Service Settings for more information on changing the settings of a service.

Parameters File Handling

Action "read"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file you want to read, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

positionIntegerinPosition (in Bytes) from which you want to start reading the file.
lengthIntegerin/outLength (in Bytes) of the snippet of the file you want to read. The actual length of the read data is given back (e.g. on file end).
dataBloboutContent that has been read.

Action "readLine"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file you want to read, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

encodingStringinEncoding of the file. Default encoding is iso-8859-1.
For a list of possible encodings see Charset Definitions.
lineStringoutFile content of the line that has been read. On file end, line is NULL.
lengthIntegeroutLength (in Bytes) of the line that has been read. On file end, length is 0.

Action "write"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file you want to write, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

positionIntegerinPosition (in Bytes) from which you want to start writing the file.
dataBlob
Content you want to write to the file.
lengthIntegerinLength (in Bytes) of the data you want to write, if you want to only write part of the Blob.

Action "append"

To action append, two modes can be applied:

  • append
    If mode is empty or set to append, the content stored in data will be appended to the file specified in name. If the file does not exist, it will be created.
  • overwrite
    If mode is set to overwrite, the file specified in name will be overwritten with the content stored in data. If the file does not exist, it will be created.
    overwrite will only be applied to the first append. All subsequent appends (e.g. in a loop) automatically get mode append.
NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file you want to write, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

dataBlobinContent you want to write to the file.
lengthIntegerinLength (in Bytes) of the data you want to append, if you want to only write part of the Blob.

Action "status"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file/directory you want to read, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

typeStringoutType of accessed element (File or Directory).
sizeIntegerout

Size of the file in Bytes.

size is meaningless for directories, as it is not the combined size of all contained files and subfolders, but rather some constant defined by the operating system (e.g. 0 or 4096).

accessTimeDateTimeoutTimestamp when the file/directory was accessed for the last time.
creationTimeDateTimeoutTimestamp when the file/directory was created.
modificationTimeDateTimeoutTimestamp when the file/directory was modified for the last time.

Action "rename"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file you want to rename, including the path.

newNameStringin

New name you want to rename the file to. We recommend to provide a fully qualified file name (including the path).

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

Action "remove"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file you want to remove, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

Action "Copy"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
sourceStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file you want to copy, including the path.

targetStringin

Fully qualified file name of the target file, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.


Action "close"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file you want to close, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

Parameters Directory Handling

Action "readDirectory"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified path to the directory you want to read.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

entriesArray of StringoutreadDirectory returns an array of Strings containing the directory names. The array elements will not contain the directory prefix (path).

Action "createDirectory"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the directory you want to create, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

Action "status"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the file/directory you want to read, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

typeStringoutType of accessed element (File or Directory).
sizeIntegerout

Size of the file in Bytes.

size is meaningless for directories, as it is not the combined size of all contained files and subfolders, but rather some constant defined by the operating system (e.g. 0 or 4096).

accessTimeDateTimeoutTimestamp when the file/directory was accessed for the last time.
creationTimeDateTimeoutTimestamp when the file/directory was created.
modificationTimeDateTimeoutTimestamp when the file/directory was modified for the last time.

Action "remove"

You can only remove an empty directory with action remove. In case the directory contains files or subfolders, use removeRecursively (see below).

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the directory you want to remove, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

Action "removeRecursively"

NameTypeDirectionDescription
nameStringin

Fully qualified file name of the top node of the directory tree you want to remove, including the path.

When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\".
To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.

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