Add support for simple FS-based directory listing to Insight

[cblackburn]

Using file repository services and OMERO.fs to avoid data duplication.
As an initial step for FS/bioformats-based IO, the Repository API should be made usable by clients.

Related to Manage Distributed Repositories

Usage

import omero
c = omero.client("localhost")
s = c.createSession("root","ome")
sr = s.sharedResources()
rm = sr.repositories()
print [x.name.val for x in rm.descriptions]

Timeline

• Iteration II (end 18/02/2010)
  • Browse directory using only OriginalFile
  • Display thumbnails.
  • Register files (single) and directories

Breakdown

OMERO.insight:

1. ​insight#1122 Build FileSystemView DONE
2. ​insight#1131 Browse directories and display thumbnails. (Est. 3 days/ Act 2.5 days)
   1. Browse directories DONE.
   2. Identify registered directories. DONE ​insight r7044
   3. ​insight#1158 Thumbnailing. ​insight r7053-​insight r7054 DONE
   4. Clean up i.e icons for directories, better image for non-supported files, etc. DONE
3. ​insight#1136 Register file/directory (Est. 0.5 days/ Act. 0.5 days) DONE ​insight r7044
4. ​insight#1153 Annotate registered file/directory DONE ​insight r7045
5. ​insight#1186 Handle images files, related to #1799, review ​insight#1131 (Est. 1 day/Act. 1 day) DONE ​insight r7081
6. ​insight#1187 Review browsing directories and display thumbnails. (Est. 0.5 days/Act. 0.5 days) ​insight r7090, ​insight r7091 DONE
7. ​insight#1188 Browse other users directory. (Est. 0.5 days/Act. 0.5 days) DONE ​insight r7084
8. ​insight#1137 Import images using FS, client implementation. (Est. 3 days)
9. ​insight#1139 Indicate if the repository is offline. (Est. 0.5 days)

Server-side changes:

1. #1752 Pass back all files as OriginalFile objects. (Est. 2 days/ Act. 4 days) DONE r6030, r6032 and r6035
2. #1753 Make OriginalFile.name be UNIQUE. (Est. 0.5 days)
3. FileServer providing bulk methods. DONE r5984
4. #1754 Make thumbnails available for a directory's files. (Est. 4 days/ Act. 6 days) DONE r6077
5. #1799 Pass back relevant files as Image objects. (Est. 5 days) r6135
6. #1755 Interact with bio-formats or importer for rendering settings. (Est. 3 days ?)
7. #1756 Create a set of relevant exceptions. (2 days) Moved to #2595

Commit Overview

• r5965 and r5966 have an initial implementation.

[cblackburn]

Closed since the directory listing is complete and the various unclosed tasks are really further features of FS.
These outstanding tickets have been moved to #2595