Retrieve a file from a server via SFTP

Question

We are trying to retrieve a file from a server using SFTP (as opposed to FTPS) using Java. How can we do this?

Answer 1

Below is an example using Apache Common VFS:

FileSystemOptions fsOptions = new FileSystemOptions();
SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder.getInstance().setStrictHostKeyChecking(fsOptions, "no");
FileSystemManager fsManager = VFS.getManager();
String uri = "sftp://user:password@host:port/absolute-path";
FileObject fo = fsManager.resolveFile(uri, fsOptions);