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NAME

caGRID::Transfer::Client - Get access to the caGRID Transfer service.

USAGE

This XML fragment is an example TransferServiceContextReference response from a server. It is usually returned from some service method which uses the Transfer service.

        <ns1:TransferServiceContextReference
                                xmlns:ns1="http://transfer.cagrid.org/TransferService/Context/types">
                                <wsa:EndpointReference>
                                        <wsa:Address>http://127.0.0.1:9090/wsrf/services/cagrid/TransferServiceContext
                                        </wsa:Address>
                                        <wsa:ReferenceProperties>
                                                <ns2:TransferServiceContextResultsKey
                                                        xmlns:ns2="http://transfer.cagrid.org/TransferService/Context">3e1cc2e0-deb6-11de-bc60-9ed210f988e4
                                                </ns2:TransferServiceContextResultsKey>
                                        </wsa:ReferenceProperties>
                                        <wsa:ReferenceParameters />
                                </wsa:EndpointReference>
                        </ns1:TransferServiceContextReference>

All public methods in this package accepts the value of Address element and the value of TransferServiceContextResultsKey element as first two arguments.

All methods die on server error or SOAP fault.

AUTHOR

Jason Zhang, Brian Osborne

Email jason@bioteam.net, briano@bioteam.net

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE

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SEE ALSO

caGRID::CQL1::Association, caGRID::CQL1::Attribute, caGRID::CQL1::Group, caGRID::CQL1::Object, caGRID::CQL1::QueryModifier, caGRID::CQL1::Validator, caGRID::CQL1::Schema, caGRID::Net::Request, caGRID::Net::Util, caGRID::Transfer::Client, caGRID::Transfer::Schema.

new

 Title   : new
 Usage   :
 Function: Create a caGRID::Transfer::Client object
 Example : my $transfer = new caGRID::Transfer::Client()
 Returns : A caGRID::Transfer::Client object
 Args    : 

downloadData

 Title   : downloadData
 Usage   :
 Function: Download data from server
 Example :
 Returns : Content or an error
 Args    : First parameter: the value of Address element from above XML fragment,
                     second parameter: the value of TransferServiceContextResultsKey element
                     from above XML fragment

downloadDataToCB

 Title   : downloadDataToCB
 Usage   :
 Function: Download data from server to a code block. This function will be called for 
                          each chunk of the response content as it is received from the server
 Example :
 Returns : 1 or an error
 Args    : First parameter: the value of Address element from above XML fragment,
                     second parameter: the value of TransferServiceContextResultsKey element
                     from above XML fragment, third parameter: code block reference

downloadDataToFile

 Title   : downloadDataToFile
 Usage   :
 Function: Download data from server to a file
 Example :
 Returns : 1 or an error
 Args    : First parameter: the value of Address element from above XML fragment,
                     second parameter: the value of TransferServiceContextResultsKey element
                     from above XML fragment, third parameters: a file to store the 
           downloaded content

uploadData

 Title   : uploadData
 Usage   : Upload data to server
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : 1 or an error
 Args    : First parameter: the value of Address element from above XML fragment,
                     second parameter: the value of TransferServiceContextResultsKey element
                          from above XML fragment, third parameter: the content to be uploaded

uploadFile

 Title   : uploadFile
 Usage   : Upload data to server
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : 1 or an error
 Args    : First parameter: the value of Address element from above XML fragment,
                     second parameter: the value of TransferServiceContextResultsKey element
                          from above XML fragment, third parameter: the file to be uploaded

setStatus

 Title   : setStatus
 Usage   :
 Function: Set data status
 Example :
 Returns : 1 or an error
 Args    : First parameter: the value of Address element from above XML fragment,
                     second parameter: the value of TransferServiceContextResultsKey element
                     from above XML fragment, third parameter: status (available status are
                          $caGRID::Transfer::_STAGING and $caGRID::Transfer::_STAGED)

destroy

 Title   : destroy
 Usage   :
 Function: Destroy data in server resource context (not from persistent store)
 Example :
 Returns : 1 or an error
 Args    : First parameter: the value of Address element from above XML fragment,
                     second parameter: the value of TransferServiceContextResultsKey element
                     from above XML fragment.

requestDataURL

 Title   : requestDataURL
 Usage   :
 Function: Private method
 Example :
 Returns : Content or an error
 Args    :

extractDataURL

 Title   : extractDataURL
 Usage   :
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : URL or an error
 Args    : A XML::LibXML::Reader

dieOnError

 Title   : dieOnError
 Usage   :
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : An error if there is an error
 Args    : An HTTP::Response

extractFault

 Title   : extractFault
 Usage   :
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : An error string
 Args    : An HTTP::Response and a XML::LibXML::Reader

socketPost

 Title   : socketPost
 Usage   :
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : File content
 Args    : A URL and a file name