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Android™
Write Text at a 32-bit Offset in a Remote SFTP File
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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.WriteFileText32 method, which encodes text and writes it at a specific 32-bit byte offset in an open handle. The arguments are the handle, the offset, the charset, and the text.
Background: Explicit-offset writes enable random access — patching a fixed-length record in place, for instance, without rewriting the whole file. The offset is a byte position, not a character position, so with a variable-width encoding like UTF-8 you must account for the encoded size of preceding characters to land where you intend. After the write, the sequential position continues just past the bytes written.
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// 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 SFtp.WriteFileText32 method, which encodes text and writes it at a specific
// 32-bit byte offset in an open handle. The 1st argument is the handle, the 2nd is the offset,
// the 3rd is the charset, and the 4th is the text.
CkSFtp sftp = new CkSFtp();
// Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
int port = 22;
success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port);
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
// 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.
String password = "mySshPassword";
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password);
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
// Open the remote file for read/write so an existing file can be modified in place.
String handle = sftp.openFile("subdir/record.dat","readWrite","openOrCreate");
if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
// Overwrite 5 bytes starting at offset 10. The offset is a byte position, not a character
// position, so it must account for the encoded size of any multibyte characters.
int offset = 10;
success = sftp.WriteFileText32(handle,offset,"utf-8","HELLO");
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
if (success == false) {
Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
return;
}
Log.i(TAG, "Wrote at the specified offset.");
sftp.Disconnect();
}
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."
}
}