Class Nfs3ReadlinkRequest

java.lang.Object

com.emc.ecs.nfsclient.rpc.RpcRequest

com.emc.ecs.nfsclient.nfs.NfsRequestBase

com.emc.ecs.nfsclient.nfs.NfsReadlinkRequest

com.emc.ecs.nfsclient.nfs.nfs3.Nfs3ReadlinkRequest

All Implemented Interfaces:

NfsRequest

public class Nfs3ReadlinkRequest
extends NfsReadlinkRequest

The request, as specified by RFC 1813 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1813).

This method reads the data associated with a symbolic link. The data is an ASCII string that is opaque to the server. That is, whether created by the NFS version 3 protocol software from a client or created locally on the server, the data in a symbolic link is not interpreted when created, but is simply stored.

A symbolic link is nominally a pointer to another file. The data is not necessarily interpreted by the server, just stored in the file. It is possible for a client implementation to store a path name that is not meaningful to the server operating system in a symbolic link. A READLINK operation returns the data to the client for interpretation. If different implementations want to share access to symbolic links, then they must agree on the interpretation of the data in the symbolic link.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class RpcRequest

CHARSET

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Nfs3ReadlinkRequest(byte[] fileHandle, Credential credential)	Creates the request, as specified by RFC 1813 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1813).

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class NfsReadlinkRequest

toString

Methods inherited from class NfsRequestBase

getErrorMessage, getFileHandle, getIpKey, marshalling, startToString

Methods inherited from class RpcRequest

cloneFileHandle, isUsePrivilegedPort, setUsePrivilegedPort, trimFileName

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Nfs3ReadlinkRequest

public Nfs3ReadlinkRequest(byte[] fileHandle,
 Credential credential)
                    throws FileNotFoundException

Creates the request, as specified by RFC 1813 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1813).

This method reads the data associated with a symbolic link. The data is an ASCII string that is opaque to the server. That is, whether created by the NFS version 3 protocol software from a client or created locally on the server, the data in a symbolic link is not interpreted when created, but is simply stored.

A symbolic link is nominally a pointer to another file. The data is not necessarily interpreted by the server, just stored in the file. It is possible for a client implementation to store a path name that is not meaningful to the server operating system in a symbolic link. A READLINK operation returns the data to the client for interpretation. If different implementations want to share access to symbolic links, then they must agree on the interpretation of the data in the symbolic link.

Parameters:

fileHandle - the fileHandle for the symbolic link

credential - The credential used for RPC authentication.

Throws:

FileNotFoundException