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Justas S.'s avatar
Justas S.
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11 years ago

Java API: DbxClient uploadFile, is it a blocking method?

I upload the file I create and then delete it. For some reason the it seems the file is not found by the uploadFile method. Does uploadFile block the current thread until the file is uploaded? If ...
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Greg-DB
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11 years ago

Yes, the uploadFile method does block until the upload is complete. It also returns the DbxEntry.File object with information on the uploaded file.

Is this not what you're seeing? If not, please post your code and output.

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