[kepler-dev] Getting a file from eml2datasource

[Dan Higgins]

Hi all,

 I was trying to figure out how to download a file using the ByteArray 
mode of the eml200datasoure. Basically on would create a workflow like 
the one shown below. One sets the 'outputType' parameter of the 
datasource as "Byte Array" and the 'append' attribute of the 
BimaryFileWriter to 'true'. The problem is that for a big file, the data 
is saves in a series of arrays, each of which triggers and output of the 
file name "Test.out". Workflows to the right of the file writer really 
only want to know when the complete file is availble (i.e. a single 
token with the file name).

 

A scheme for creating a single file name token when the file has been 
completely copied is shown below. It uses the BooleanSwitch actor and 
the EndOfStream port to create a single output token. Does anyone have a 
better way of doing this?
(I know the file is already archives in the cache and we should have a 
way to just reference it from an actor.)


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