Commons VFS and Java.net.URL - Adding support for “sftp://” protocol

Question

We\'re trying to use Apache Commons VFS to access something over SFTP. It claims to support SFTP, however we\'re getting a MalformedURLException when it starts. Digging arou

Answer 1

See the list of dependencies that commons-vfs requires for sftp to work. Once JSch is in the classpath, your exception no longer happen. Have a look at Apache's Wiki for examples of connecting via sftp.