[sword-devel] Abort module installation via API + Customnetwork timeouts

[Tobias Klein]

Thanks! I’ll certainly make use of this!

Tobias

From: Troy A. Griffitts
Sent: Donnerstag, 27. August 2020 20:52
To: SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum
Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Abort module installation via API + Customnetwork timeouts

Hi Tobias,

Yes, you can let your users cancel an install by calling the 
InstallMgr::terminate() method.  I have just now commented this method 
better so its purpose is more clear.  My apologies, Jaak, for not having 
this commented better for you.

Troy


On 8/8/20 9:30 AM, Tobias Klein wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to abort a module installation via the SWORD API?
> I saw in InstallMgr::installModule that there is some handling for 
> when the user aborted the process. But it doesn't seem like this is 
> controlled via the API.
>
> One typical use case would be that the user's download speed is 
> currently slower then acceptable (whether due to internet issues or 
> server issues). In this case, instead of waiting "forever" one may 
> want to abort a download/installation.
>
> Also, another question in the same context: Is it possible to 
> configure a custom timeout for the download of modules? What happens 
> if a repository server goes down? I remember one time when the Xiphos 
> repo was not available, waiting times seemed to be too long in the 
> frontend (based on long default timeouts in SWORD?).
>
> Best regards,
> Tobias
>
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