apache-commons-vfs

I am trying to copy local system file to server package classes; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; import java.util.Properties; import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileObject; import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemOptions; import org.apache.commons.vfs.Selectors; import org.apache.commons.vfs.impl.StandardFileSystemManager; import org.apache.commons.vfs.provider.sftp.SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder; public class SendMyFiles { public static void main(String[] args) { SendMyFiles sendMyFiles = new SendMyFiles(); String fileToFTP = "zcol_30092013.xls";

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 around I see that apache vfs is using java.net.URL . However the documentation tells me that it doesn't actually support sftp:// URLs. Protocol handlers for the following protocols are guaranteed to exist on the search path :- http, https, ftp, file, and jar Protocol handlers for additional protocols may also be available. I'm using java 1.6.0 on Linux. How can I prevent java.net.URL from throwing a wobbly when it sees a sftp://