org.apache.uima.util
Class FileUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.uima.util.FileUtils

public class FileUtils
extends Object

Some utilities for handling files.

Constructor Summary

FileUtils()

Method Summary

static void	copyFile(File file, File dir) Copy file file to location dir.
static File	createTempDir(File parent, String prefix) Create a temporary directory using random numbers as name suffixes.
static File	createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File tempDir)
static void	deleteAllFiles(File directory) Delete all files in a directory (not recursive).
static boolean	deleteRecursive(File file) Recursively delete possibly non-empty directory or file.
static String	file2String(File file) Read the contents of a file into a string, using the default platform encoding.
static String	file2String(File file, String fileEncoding) Read the contents of a file into a string using a specific character encoding.
static String	findRelativePath(File file, File relativeToDir) Finds a relative path to a given file, relative to a specified directory.
static ArrayList<File>	getFiles(File directory) Get a list of all files in a directory, ignoring subdirectories.
static ArrayList<File>	getFiles(File directory, boolean getRecursive) Get a list of all files in a directory.
static String[]	getPathComponents(String canonicalPath) Splits a path into components using the OS file separator character.
static ArrayList<File>	getSubDirs(File directory) Get a list of all subdirectories in a directory, ignoring regular files.
static boolean	mkdir(File directory) Create a new directory.
static String	reader2String(Reader reader) Read a bufferedReader into a string, using the default platform encoding.
static void	saveString2File(String fileContents, File file) Write a string to a file, using platform encoding.
static void	saveString2File(String s, File file, String encoding) Write a string to a file using the specified encoding.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileUtils

public FileUtils()

Method Detail

getFiles

public static final ArrayList<File> getFiles(File directory,
                                             boolean getRecursive)

Get a list of all files in a directory. Optionally, get files in subdirectories as well.

Parameters:

directory - The directory for which to get the files.

getRecursive - Should we get files from subdirectories?

Returns:

ArrayList A list of File objects. null if directory does not exist, or is not a directory.

getFiles

public static final ArrayList<File> getFiles(File directory)

Get a list of all files in a directory, ignoring subdirectories.

Parameters:

directory - The directory for which to get the files.

Returns:

ArrayList A list of File objects. null if directory does not exist, or is not a directory.

getSubDirs

public static final ArrayList<File> getSubDirs(File directory)

Get a list of all subdirectories in a directory, ignoring regular files.

Parameters:

directory - The directory for which to get the subdirectories.

Returns:

ArrayList A list of File objects. null if directory does not exist, or is not a directory.

reader2String

public static String reader2String(Reader reader)
                            throws IOException

Read a bufferedReader into a string, using the default platform encoding.

Parameters:

reader - to be read in

Returns:

String The contents of the stream.

Throws:

IOException - Various I/O errors.

file2String

public static String file2String(File file)
                          throws IOException

Read the contents of a file into a string, using the default platform encoding.

Parameters:

file - The file to be read in.

Returns:

String The contents of the file.

Throws:

IOException - Various I/O errors.

file2String

public static String file2String(File file,
                                 String fileEncoding)
                          throws IOException

Read the contents of a file into a string using a specific character encoding.

Parameters:

file - The input file.

fileEncoding - The character encoding of the file (see your Java documentation for supported encodings).

Returns:

String The contents of the file.

Throws:

IOException - Various I/O errors.

saveString2File

public static void saveString2File(String fileContents,
                                   File file)
                            throws IOException

Write a string to a file, using platform encoding. If the file exists, it is overwritten.

Parameters:

fileContents - The file contents.

file - The file to save to.

Throws:

IOException - If for any reason the file can't be written.

saveString2File

public static void saveString2File(String s,
                                   File file,
                                   String encoding)
                            throws IOException

Write a string to a file using the specified encoding. If the file exists, it is overwritten.

Parameters:

s - The file contents.

file - The file to save to.

encoding - The character encoding to use.

Throws:

IOException - If for any reason the file can't be written.

deleteAllFiles

public static final void deleteAllFiles(File directory)

Delete all files in a directory (not recursive).

Parameters:

directory - The directory that contains the files to be deleted.

deleteRecursive

public static final boolean deleteRecursive(File file)

Recursively delete possibly non-empty directory or file.

Parameters:

file - The file or directory to be deleted.

Returns:

true iff the file/directory could be deleted.

mkdir

public static final boolean mkdir(File directory)

Create a new directory. The parent directory must exist.

Parameters:

directory - The directory to be created.

Returns:

boolean Will fail if directory already exists, or File.mkdir() returns false.

createTempDir

public static final File createTempDir(File parent,
                                       String prefix)

Create a temporary directory using random numbers as name suffixes.

Parameters:

parent - Where the directory is created.

prefix - Prefix of the directory names to be created.

Returns:

A file object corresponding to the newly created dir, or null if none could be created for some reason (e.g., if the parent is not writable).

createTempFile

public static final File createTempFile(String prefix,
                                        String suffix,
                                        File tempDir)
                                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

copyFile

public static final void copyFile(File file,
                                  File dir)
                           throws IOException

Copy file file to location dir. This method will not fail silently. Anything that prevents the copy from happening will be treated as an error condition. If the method does not throw an exception, the copy was successful.

Note: this is a completely brain-dead implementation of file copy. The complete file is read into memory before it is copied. If you need something more sophisticated for copying large files, feel free to add your improvements.

Parameters:

file - The file to copy.

dir - The destination directory.

Throws:

IOException - For various reason: if file does not exist or is not readable, if the destination directory does not exist or isn't a directory, or if the file can't be copied for any reason.

findRelativePath

public static String findRelativePath(File file,
                                      File relativeToDir)
                               throws IOException

Finds a relative path to a given file, relative to a specified directory.

Parameters:

file - file that the relative path should resolve to

relativeToDir - directory that the path should be relative to

Returns:

a relative path. This always uses / as the separator character.

Throws:

IOException

getPathComponents

public static String[] getPathComponents(String canonicalPath)

Splits a path into components using the OS file separator character. This can be used on the results of File.getCanonicalPath().

Parameters:

canonicalPath - a file path that uses the OS file separator character

Returns:

an array of strings, one for each component of the path