Retrieving File Information
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.
Parameters of Action "status" on Files
| Name | Type | Direction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | String | in | Fully qualified file name of the file/directory you want to read, including the path. |
| type | String | out | Type of accessed element (File or Directory). |
| size | Integer | out | Size of the file in Bytes. |
| accessTime | DateTime | out | Timestamp when the file/directory was accessed for the last time. |
| creationTime | DateTime | out | Timestamp when the file/directory was created. |
| modificationTime | DateTime | out | Timestamp when the file/directory was modified for the last time. |
Defining a "status" Action
To retrieve file information with the file system adapter, you need to define a status action on an action having the stereotype <<FileSystemAdapter>>. You can do this manually (refer to Figure: The Specification Dialog of the File System Adapter) or with the help of the E2E Action Wizard (see context menu of the action node).
You need to define all of the output objects (see table above) with exactly the same names.
Figure: Retrieving File Information
The path and file name of the file you want to retrieve status information from are defined in the component diagram. The link from the activity diagram to the physical information is established by an alias (in the present example: FileAlias). See File System Components for more information on file system aliases.
For information on how to access a file or directory dynamically refer to Dynamic File System Access.
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