[ecf-dev] Getting control over the input stream

[Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there a way to use ECF for file transfer
but rather than have it suck the stream of bytes, basically get it to setup
everything and then let someone else pull the bytes as needed?  I
have two usecases
1) in the new provisioning work (p2)
there should be an API that returns an InputStream on an artifact
2) using this InputStream we can setup
a chain of processors that take InputStreams, transform the content and
give back InputStreams

In the end the we'd use a transfer bytes
style method that reads from the InputStream and writes to some OutputStream.
 So in essence #2 wants to put arbitrary processing between the real
source and the destination OutputStream.  #1 is an escape mechanism
that allows people to do things we did not think of. They need to be in
control of how and when the bytes are pulled.

Thanks
Jeff