com.maddox.sas1946.il2.util

Class FileTools

java.lang.Object

com.maddox.sas1946.il2.util.FileTools

public class FileTools
extends java.lang.Object

"FileTools" Class of the "SAS Common Utils"

This Class is used to provide helper methods for File Handling.

Since:

1.1.2

Version:

1.1.5

Author:

SAS~Storebror

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	FileTools.FileSizeRecord Class holding folder names, names and sizes of files found when calling the getFileSizes method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static FileTools.FileSizeRecord[]	getFileSizes(java.lang.String path, java.lang.String searchPattern, boolean scanSubFolders) Gets the sizes (in bytes) of all files in a given directory (excluding sub-directories).
static FileTools.FileSizeRecord[]	getFileSizes(java.lang.String path, java.lang.String searchPattern, boolean scanSubFolders, boolean sorted, boolean caseSensitive) Gets the sizes (in bytes) of all files in a given directory (excluding sub-directories).
static boolean	isSymbolicLink(java.io.File file) Checks whether a file / directory is a symbolic link.
static boolean	isSymbolicLink(java.lang.String path) Checks whether a file / directory represented by the given path is a symbolic link.
static java.io.File	resolveSymbolicLink(java.io.File file) Resolves a file / directory representing a symbolic link to it's real file / directory on the given file system.
static java.lang.String	resolveSymbolicLink(java.lang.String path) Resolves a file / directory path representing a symbolic link to it's real file / directory path on the given file system.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isSymbolicLink

public static final boolean isSymbolicLink(java.lang.String path)

Checks whether a file / directory represented by the given path is a symbolic link.

Parameters:

path - The path of the file / directory in question

Returns:

Whether or not the file / directory represents a symbolic link.

Since:

1.1.2

isSymbolicLink

public static final boolean isSymbolicLink(java.io.File file)

Checks whether a file / directory is a symbolic link.

Parameters:

file - The file / directory in question

Returns:

Whether or not the file / directory represents a symbolic link.

Since:

1.1.2

resolveSymbolicLink

public static final java.lang.String resolveSymbolicLink(java.lang.String path)

Resolves a file / directory path representing a symbolic link to it's real file / directory path on the given file system.

Parameters:

path - The path of the file / directory representing a symbolic link

Returns:

The real file / directory path on the given file system.

Since:

1.1.2

resolveSymbolicLink

public static final java.io.File resolveSymbolicLink(java.io.File file)

Resolves a file / directory representing a symbolic link to it's real file / directory on the given file system.

Parameters:

file - The file / directory in question

Returns:

The real file / directory on the given file system.

Since:

1.1.2

getFileSizes

public static final FileTools.FileSizeRecord[] getFileSizes(java.lang.String path,
                                                            java.lang.String searchPattern,
                                                            boolean scanSubFolders)

Gets the sizes (in bytes) of all files in a given directory (excluding sub-directories).

Parameters:

path - The folder which has to be scanned

searchPattern - The search pattern for files to be searched for

scanSubFolders - Boolean parameter specifying whether or not subfolders should be scanned

Returns:

Array of FileTools.FileSizeRecord elements holding the names and sizes of all files found in the given directory.

Since:

1.1.4

getFileSizes

public static final FileTools.FileSizeRecord[] getFileSizes(java.lang.String path,
                                                            java.lang.String searchPattern,
                                                            boolean scanSubFolders,
                                                            boolean sorted,
                                                            boolean caseSensitive)

Gets the sizes (in bytes) of all files in a given directory (excluding sub-directories).

Parameters:

path - The folder which has to be scanned

searchPattern - The search pattern for files to be searched for

scanSubFolders - Boolean parameter specifying whether or not subfolders should be scanned

sorted - Boolean parameter specifying whether or not the returned Array of FileTools.FileSizeRecord should be sorted (by Subfolder / Filenames that is)

caseSensitive - Boolean parameter specifying whether or not the sort order should be case sensitive, only valid if sorted equals "true"

Returns:

Array of FileTools.FileSizeRecord elements holding the names and sizes of all files found in the given directory.

Since:

1.1.5