File System - Virtual File System (VFS)

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A Virtual File System (VFS) is a interface between:

• an application or an operating system's kernel
• and a concrete file system (Local, SFTP, …)

The user/application may choose to switch from one concrete file system to another just by changing the connection parameters.

Interface Implementations

• Curl with Java Binding
• Common Vfs
• http://mvnrepository.com/open-source/virtual-file-systems
• Java NIO