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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
+-->
+
+ <Context path="/vospaceBackend" docBase="vospace"
+ crossContext="true" reloadable="true" debug="1">
+
+ <Resource name="jdbc/vosbackend"
+ auth="Container"
+ type="javax.sql.DataSource"
+ username="vosbackadmin" password="Peper0ne"
+ driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
+ url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/vosbackend"
+ maxActive="10"
+ maxWait="-1"
+ maxIdle="4" />
+ </Context>
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+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
+
+
+# his properties file contains the messages related to error
+# cases specific to the vospace backend application.
+
+NO_VOSPACE_BACKEND_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIED="VOSpace Backend Implementation NOT configured"
+CLASS_NOT_FOUND="Required class {0} not found"
+UNABLE_TO_INSTANTIATE="Unable to create an instance of class {0}"
+UNABLE_TO_ACCESS="Unable to access class {0}"
+DATABASE_DRIVER_NOT_FOUND="Unable to get Database data source. Check context.xml"
+UNABLE_TO_GET_DB_CONNECTION="Unable to get the database connection"
+ERROR_DISABLING_DB_AUTOCOMMIT="There was an error disabling the database autocommit"
+DB_OPERATION_NOT_RECOGNIZED="File metadata database operation not recognized. Admitted only SET, GET, DELETE"
+UNABLE_TO_READ_PROPERTIES="Unable to read properties file {0}"
+PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND="Property {0} not found in file {1}"
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+# -----------------------------
+# Appender to write to console.
+# -----------------------------
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.file =${catalina.base}/logs/regularLogging.log
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.MaxFileSize=100KB
+
+# ---------------------------------------------
+# Appender to write to application log.
+# ---------------------------------------------
+log4j.appender.APPLICATIONLOG=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.APPLICATIONLOG.File=${catalina.base}/logs/vospace_backend.log
+log4j.appender.APPLICATIONLOG.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd
+#log4j.appender.APPLICATIONLOG.File=/home/devphp/public_html/restletframework/logs/APPLICATION-LOG.log
+log4j.appender.APPLICATIONLOG.Encoding=UTF-8
+log4j.appender.APPLICATIONLOG.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.APPLICATIONLOG.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%5p]: %m%n
+
+# Turn off root logging.
+#log4j.rootLogger=info, APPLICATIONLOG
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, CONSOLE , APPLICATIONLOG
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+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
+
+# VOSpace Backend Implementation to be used
+it.inaf.oats.vospacebackendimplementation.VOSpaceBackendImpl = it.inaf.oats.vospacebackend.implementation.VOSpaceBackPosix
+
+# VOSpace with posix backend Document Root
+fs.posix.document.root = /home/bertocco/vospace
+# VOSpace with posix backend Temporary storage area
+fs.posix.tmp.storage.root = /tmp/vospace
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
\ No newline at end of file
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+
+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
+CREATE DATABASE vosbackend;
+
+use vosbackend;
+
+grant all on vosbackend.* to 'vosbackadmin' identified by 'Peper0ne';
+
+CREATE TABLE StoredFiles
+(
+ fileID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+ original_file_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+ stored_file_name varchar(36) NOT NULL,
+ md5_checksum varchar(36) NOT NULL,
+ relative_path varchar(8),
+ PRIMARY KEY (fileID)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
+ALTER TABLE StoredFiles ADD INDEX f_name (original_file_name);
+
+CREATE TABLE RequestedPuts
+(
+ storedFileID varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+ vosuri varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+ PRIMARY KEY (storedFileID)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
+-->
+
+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
+
+ <display-name>VOSpace Backend</display-name>
+
+ <servlet>
+ <servlet-name>VOSpaceBackend</servlet-name>
+ <servlet-class>org.restlet.ext.servlet.ServerServlet</servlet-class>
+ <init-param>
+ <param-name>org.restlet.application</param-name>
+ <param-value>it.inaf.oats.vospacebackend.VOSpaceBackendApplication</param-value>
+ </init-param>
+ </servlet>
+
+ <servlet-mapping>
+ <servlet-name>VOSpaceBackend</servlet-name>
+ <url-pattern>/service/*</url-pattern>
+ </servlet-mapping>
+
+ </web-app>
+
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+ <head>
+ <title>Start Page</title>
+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+ </head>
+ <body>
+ <h1>VOSpace Backend</h1>
+ </body>
+</html>
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@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
+
+
+# his properties file contains the messages related to error
+# cases specific to the vospace backend application.
+
+NO_VOSPACE_BACKEND_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIED="VOSpace Backend Implementation NOT configured"
+CLASS_NOT_FOUND="Required class {0} not found"
+UNABLE_TO_INSTANTIATE="Unable to create an instance of class {0}"
+UNABLE_TO_ACCESS="Unable to access class {0}"
+DATABASE_DRIVER_NOT_FOUND="Unable to get Database data source. Check context.xml"
+UNABLE_TO_GET_DB_CONNECTION="Unable to get the database connection"
+ERROR_DISABLING_DB_AUTOCOMMIT="There was an error disabling the database autocommit"
+DB_OPERATION_NOT_RECOGNIZED="File metadata database operation not recognized. Admitted only SET, GET, DELETE"
+UNABLE_TO_READ_PROPERTIES="Unable to read properties file {0}"
+PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND="Property {0} not found in file {1}"
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+++ b/target/classes/resources/VOSpace.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
+
+# VOSpace Backend Implementation to be used
+it.inaf.oats.vospacebackendimplementation.VOSpaceBackendImpl = it.inaf.oats.vospacebackend.implementation.VOSpaceBackPosix
+
+# VOSpace with posix backend Document Root
+fs.posix.document.root = /home/bertocco/vospace
+# VOSpace with posix backend Temporary storage area
+fs.posix.tmp.storage.root = /tmp/vospace
diff --git a/target/classes/resources/license.txt b/target/classes/resources/license.txt
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
\ No newline at end of file
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+++ b/target/classes/sql/create_vospace_backend.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+/**_____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * OATS - INAF
+ * Osservatorio Astronomico di Tireste - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ * Astronomical Observatory of Trieste - National Institute for Astrophysics
+ * ____________________________________________________________________________
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 20016 Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ * _____________________________________________________________________________
+ **/
+CREATE DATABASE vosbackend;
+
+use vosbackend;
+
+grant all on vosbackend.* to 'vosbackadmin' identified by 'Peper0ne';
+
+CREATE TABLE StoredFiles
+(
+ fileID int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+ original_file_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+ stored_file_name varchar(36) NOT NULL,
+ md5_checksum varchar(36) NOT NULL,
+ relative_path varchar(8),
+ PRIMARY KEY (fileID)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
+ALTER TABLE StoredFiles ADD INDEX f_name (original_file_name);
+
+CREATE TABLE RequestedPuts
+(
+ storedFileID varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+ vosuri varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+ PRIMARY KEY (storedFileID)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
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+#Generated by Maven
+#Tue May 24 19:51:21 PDT 2016
+version=0.0
+groupId=it.inaf.oats
+artifactId=VOSpaceBackend
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+test/VOSURIParserTest.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/utils/VOSURIParser.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackPosix.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackMetadata.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/VOSpaceBackendApplication.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/utils/ConfigReader.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/TransferGeneratorImpl.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/exceptions/VOSpaceBackendException.class
+test/ServiceTester.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackend.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/exceptions/ExceptionMessage.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackImplFactory.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/DatabaseNodePersistenceExt.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/IdentityManagerImpl.class
+it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/FileRecord.class
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+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/DatabaseNodePersistenceExt.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/test/VOSURIParserTest.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/test/ServiceTester.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/VOSpaceBackendApplication.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/utils/ConfigReader.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/exceptions/VOSpaceBackendException.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/utils/VOSURIParser.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackImplFactory.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackMetadata.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackend.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/exceptions/ExceptionMessage.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/TransferGeneratorImpl.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/VOSpaceBackendResource.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/VOSpaceBackPosix.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/IdentityManagerImpl.java
+/home/bertocco/work/VOSpaceBackend/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospacebackend/implementation/FileRecord.java
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