This manual describes how to extend Lagoon, and how to embed it into other application. You need to know the Java programming language to make use of this.
The API documentation (javadoc).
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To implement a plugin for uploading vith some protocol, you need to
implement the interface nu.staldal.lagoon.core.FileStorage.
This implementation must have a public no-arg constructor to enable
instantiation by Class.newInstance(). See the API docs for
description of the methods you need to implement.
If feasible, make the implementation reentrant, i.e. able to start a new file before the last one is commited. If the FileStorage is not reentrant, Lagoon will have to use temporary files.
If it's not feasible to check the last update date of a file, extend
nu.staldal.lagoon.core.RemoteFileStorage to store that
information locally in the Lagoon working directory. See the API docs about
when you need to invoke the methods of the superclass.
Choose an URL scheme for your implementation, and plug it in to Lagoon by
making a file
nu/staldal/lagoon/filestorage/FileStorage-URLscheme
visible in the CLASSPATH. That file should contain the fully qualified class
name of your implementation.
Construct an instance of the
nu.staldal.lagoon.core.LagoonProcessor class, the parameters to
the constructor are much the same as what you put in the property file
to the Lagoon CLI. Then invoke the build() method, possible
multiple times. When finished, invoke the destroy() method.
See the source code of nu.staldal.lagoon.LagoonCLI.