Package de.muehlencord.shared.util.file

Class FileUtil

java.lang.Object

de.muehlencord.shared.util.file.FileUtil

public abstract class FileUtil
extends Object

Author:

Joern Muehlencord (joern@muehlencord.de)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	copyFileTo(File source, File destination)	Deprecated. use Files.copy instead
static boolean	doesPathExists(String path)	returns true, if the givn path exists; false otherwise
static File	getFileName(String outputFolder, Format ft, int number)	returns a file handle to a file in the given folder using the given formater and the given number.
static List<File>	getFilesFromDirecotry(String directory, String regEx)	returns a list of files found by the given regexp in the given folder
static String	md5Sum(String fileName)
static boolean	moveFileTo(File source, File destination)	moves / renames the given file to the new file
static String	readFile(String inputFile, String encoding)	Reads the content of the given file and returns it as String

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

FileUtil

public FileUtil()

Method Details

getFilesFromDirecotry

public static List<File> getFilesFromDirecotry(String directory,
 String regEx)
                                        throws FileHandlingException

returns a list of files found by the given regexp in the given folder

Parameters:

directory - the folder to search in as a string

regEx - the regular expression to search with

Returns:

a list of files

Throws:

FileHandlingException - if the given directory cannot be found

getFileName

public static File getFileName(String outputFolder,
 Format ft,
 int number)

returns a file handle to a file in the given folder using the given formater and the given number.

Parameters:

outputFolder - the folder to link the file to as strnig

ft - a format object to use to format the filename of the given file

number - a number used to call the given formater to name the file number

Returns:

a file handle build from formater and number linked to given directory

copyFileTo

@Deprecated
public static boolean copyFileTo(File source,
 File destination)

Deprecated.

use Files.copy instead

copies the given source file to the given destination filename

Parameters:

source - the file to copy from

destination - the destination filename to copy the source file to

Returns:

true, if the vile was copied, false, else

moveFileTo

public static boolean moveFileTo(File source,
 File destination)

moves / renames the given file to the new file

Parameters:

source - the source file

destination - the file to rename the source file to

Returns:

true, if move / rename was successfull; false else

doesPathExists

public static boolean doesPathExists(String path)

returns true, if the givn path exists; false otherwise

Parameters:

path - the path to check

Returns:

true, if the givn path exists; false otherwise

md5Sum

public static String md5Sum(String fileName)
                     throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

readFile

public static String readFile(String inputFile,
 String encoding)
                       throws IOException

Reads the content of the given file and returns it as String

Parameters:

inputFile - the input file to read

encoding - the encoding of the file to load

Returns:

the content of the file as string

Throws:

IOException - if the file cannot be read