Creating FileObject from external url

[aacain]

I have created FileObjects in my layer file that include references to external urls.

    <folder name="OboFiles">
        <folder name="LATEST">
            <file name="Latest_gene_ontology_edit.obo" url="http://www.geneontology.org/ontology/gene_ontology_edit.obo"/>
           <file name="Latest_ goslim_generic.obo" url="http://www.geneontology.org/GO_slims/goslim_generic.obo"/>
        </folder>
    </folder>

Now, I want to allow the user to enter the url of a .obo file and have that added to the filesystem.  Because these obo files are updated daily, I want the application be able to retrieve the latest version of the file on demand.  However, I can't seem to find a method that will create this FileObject by external URL.  

Is there any such method?

AC  

[Jesse Glick-2]

On 02/22/2012 05:05 PM, Aurora Cain wrote:
> I have created FileObjects in my layer file that include references to external urls.

This is just a bad idea; layers should be constant. Find some other design.

[Emilian Bold-2]

You might be able to use a custom FileSystem mapped over your server URLs.

--emi

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Aurora Cain <[hidden email]> wrote:

I have created FileObjects in my layer file that include references to external urls.

   <folder name="OboFiles">
       <folder name="LATEST">
           <file name="Latest_gene_ontology_edit.obo" url="http://www.geneontology.org/ontology/gene_ontology_edit.obo"/>
          <file name="Latest_ goslim_generic.obo" url="http://www.geneontology.org/GO_slims/goslim_generic.obo"/>
       </folder>
   </folder>

Now, I want to allow the user to enter the url of a .obo file and have that added to the filesystem.  Because these obo files are updated daily, I want the application be able to retrieve the latest version of the file on demand.  However, I can't seem to find a method that will create this FileObject by external URL.

Is there any such method?

AC

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