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://`` URL? I need to keep using the Apache commons VFS library, which uses ``java.net.URL``.
How are you creating the SFTP connection? Using Sftp client factory, or something else?