Centralized Text File Server

1. Purpose The work consists of developing a text file server and a Application Programming (API) that facilitates the implementation of applications that take advantage of this file server. The server must allow access in a concurrent and distributed to your files. Through the API it should be possible to: • request the list of files contained in a single shared folder, • know the size of a file, • create a file, • delete a file, • request or release a file for consultation, • retrieve the contents of a file for consultation (it Query), • request or release a file for editing, • retrieve the contents of a file for editing (it implies holding the edit padlock), • Receive notifications about creating, deleting, and changing a file. You should also implement an application that allows you to view the file structure of the server. This application should allow users to consult and files. In the client application, the contents of the files should only be sent by the server when the user wants to view or change the contents of the file.