dk.apaq.vfs
Interface File

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, Node, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CifsFile, LayeredFile, NativeFile, RamFile, SftpFile, SubFile

public interface File
extends Node

Author:

mzk

Method Summary

InputStream	getInputStream() Retrieves the inputstream of the file to read from.
long	getLength() Retrieves the size/length of the file in bytes.
OutputStream	getOutputStream() Retrieves the outputstream of the file to write to.

Methods inherited from interface dk.apaq.vfs.Node

canRead, canWrite, compareTo, delete, equals, getBaseName, getFileSystem, getLastModified, getName, getParent, getPath, getSuffix, isDirectory, isFile, isHidden, moveTo, moveTo, setLastModified, setName, toUri

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getInputStream

InputStream getInputStream()
                           throws IOException

Retrieves the inputstream of the file to read from.

Returns:

The inputstream.

Throws:

IOException - Throw if an error occures while retrieving the inputstream.

getOutputStream

OutputStream getOutputStream()
                             throws IOException

Retrieves the outputstream of the file to write to.

Returns:

The outputstream.

Throws:

IOException - Throw if an error occures while retrieving the outputstream.

getLength

long getLength()
               throws IOException

Retrieves the size/length of the file in bytes.

Returns:

The size/length of the file in bytes.

Throws:

IOException - Throw if an error occures while retrieving the size/length.