Removing VirtualFile.asRemotable in favor of toExternalURL.

core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ import static hudson.Util.isSymlink;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
+import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.Beta;
         
 /**
  * {@link File} like object with remoting support.
@@ -903,6 +904,28 @@ public final class FilePath implements Serializable {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Copies the content of a URL to a remote file.
+     * Unlike {@link #copyFrom} this will not transfer content over a Remoting channel.
+     * @since FIXME
+     */
+    @Restricted(Beta.class)
+    public void copyFromRemotely(URL url) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        act(new CopyFromRemotely(url));
+    }
+    private final class CopyFromRemotely extends MasterToSlaveFileCallable<Void> {
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;
+        private final URL url;
+        CopyFromRemotely(URL url) {
+            this.url = url;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public Void invoke(File f, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            copyFrom(url);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Replaces the content of this file by the data from the given {@link InputStream}.
      *