Package science.aist.jack.persistence.filesystem

Class FileUtils

java.lang.Object

science.aist.jack.persistence.filesystem.FileUtils

public class FileUtils
extends Object

Utility class for files

Since:

2.0

Author:

Christoph Praschl

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Path	createTempDirectory(String directoryHierarchy)	Method which creates a directory in the temp folder based on the given directoryHierarchy (subfolder separated by File.separator)
static Path	createTempFile(String fileName, String fileExtension)	Creates a file in the temp folder
static Path	createTempFile(String dirPath, String fileName, String fileExtension)	Creates a file in a subfolder (respectively directory hierarchy) of the temp folder
static String	toCompliantPath(String path)	Help method which creates a compliant path string using File.separator, which is required by the methods of FileUtils
static File	writeToTempFile(String fileName, String fileExtension, InputStream is)	Writes the given inputStream to a file (given by the file name and file extension) in the local TEMP directory
static File	writeToTempFile(String dirPath, String fileName, String fileExtension, InputStream is)	Writes the given inputStream to a file (given by the file name and file extension) into a subfolder of the local TEMP directory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toCompliantPath

public static String toCompliantPath(String path)

Help method which creates a compliant path string using File.separator, which is required by the methods of FileUtils

Parameters:

path - path which contains slash "/" as file separator

Returns:

compliant path string

createTempDirectory

public static Path createTempDirectory(String directoryHierarchy)

Method which creates a directory in the temp folder based on the given directoryHierarchy (subfolder separated by File.separator)

Parameters:

directoryHierarchy - defining the sub folders' name

Returns:

path to the temp directory

createTempFile

public static Path createTempFile(String fileName,
                                  String fileExtension)

Creates a file in the temp folder

Parameters:

fileName - name of the file which should be created

fileExtension - file extension of the file which should be created

Returns:

the created file

createTempFile

public static Path createTempFile(String dirPath,
                                  String fileName,
                                  String fileExtension)

Creates a file in a subfolder (respectively directory hierarchy) of the temp folder

Parameters:

dirPath - the path of the subfolder

fileName - name of the file which should be created

fileExtension - file extension of the file which should be created

Returns:

the created file

writeToTempFile

public static File writeToTempFile(String fileName,
                                   String fileExtension,
                                   InputStream is)

Writes the given inputStream to a file (given by the file name and file extension) in the local TEMP directory

Parameters:

fileName - name of the file which should be created

fileExtension - file extension of the file which should be created

is - InputStream which should be written to a new file in the TEMP directory (is not closed inside of this method!); if null nothing is written to the created file

Returns:

the created file

writeToTempFile

public static File writeToTempFile(String dirPath,
                                   String fileName,
                                   String fileExtension,
                                   InputStream is)

Writes the given inputStream to a file (given by the file name and file extension) into a subfolder of the local TEMP directory

Parameters:

dirPath - Path of the subfolder in the local TEMP directory (may be null; if not use File.separator for separating different subfolders!)

fileName - name of the file which should be created

fileExtension - file extension of the file which should be created

is - InputStream which should be written to a new file in the TEMP directory (is not closed inside of this method!); if null nothing is written to the created file

Returns:

the created file