Android™
Android™
Clear the FTP Directory Listing Cache
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.ClearDirCache method, which clears the cached listing for the current remote directory. It takes no arguments; the next indexed-listing call fetches a fresh listing from the server.
Background: The index-based directory API caches the listing the first time you read it, so repeated accessor calls avoid extra round trips. The trade-off is staleness: if the directory changes — files added or removed, whether by your own operations or another process — the cache still reflects the old state.
ClearDirCache discards it so the next GetDirCount queries the server again.Chilkat Android™ Downloads
// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;
import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {
private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";
// Called when the activity is first created.
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
boolean success = false;
// Demonstrates the Ftp2.ClearDirCache method, which clears the cached listing for the current
// remote directory. It takes no arguments and is a void method.
CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();
ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
ftp.put_Username("myFtpLogin");
// Normally you would not hard-code the password in source. You should instead obtain it
// from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
ftp.put_Password("myPassword");
success = ftp.Connect();
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html");
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
// The first GetDirCount caches the listing.
int n = ftp.GetDirCount();
Log.i(TAG, "Entries: " + String.valueOf(n));
// ... the remote directory changes (files added or removed by another process) ...
// Discard the cache so the next listing call fetches fresh data from the server.
ftp.ClearDirCache();
n = ftp.GetDirCount();
Log.i(TAG, "Entries after refresh: " + String.valueOf(n));
success = ftp.Disconnect();
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
}
static {
System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
// Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
// then you will see the following error message at application startup:
//"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
}
}