com.sun.jbi.management.util

Class FileHelper

java.lang.Object

com.sun.jbi.management.util.FileHelper

public class FileHelper
extends Object

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileHelper()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	areFilesIdentical(File f1, File f2) Compare two files for equality.
static boolean	cleanDirectory(File dir) Removes all files and child directories in the specified directory.
static boolean	copy(String from, String to) This method is used to perform directory copy
static boolean	createFile(File file) Create a File.
static boolean	createFolder(File folder) Create a Foldr.
static boolean	fileCopy(String source, String destination) Make a copy of the source file in the destination file.
static boolean	fileCopy(String source, String destination, boolean overwrite) Make a copy of the source file in the destination file.
static String	fileFingerprint(File file) Compute the fingerprint for a file.
static void	finalizeDiscardedObjects() Reclaim memory, run object finalizers
static String	getTimestamp() This method is used to create a timestamp that could be used to create file names
static String	readFile(File aFile) Read the file into a String and return the String value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileHelper

public FileHelper()

Method Detail

fileCopy

public static boolean fileCopy(String source,
               String destination)
                        throws IOException

Make a copy of the source file in the destination file.

Parameters:

source - the source file

destination - the destination file

Returns:

true if the operation was a success, false otherwise

Throws:

IOException

fileCopy

public static boolean fileCopy(String source,
               String destination,
               boolean overwrite)
                        throws IOException

Make a copy of the source file in the destination file.

Parameters:

source - the source file

destination - the destination file

overwrite - true if the destination file can be overwritten if it exists

Returns:

true if the operation was a success, false otherwise

Throws:

IOException

fileFingerprint

public static String fileFingerprint(File file)
                              throws IOException

Compute the fingerprint for a file.

Returns:

fingerprint

Throws:

IOException

createFile

public static boolean createFile(File file)

Create a File. If the parent dirs don't exist create those first.

Parameters:

file - - File to Create.

Returns:

true if the File was created, false otherwise.

createFolder

public static boolean createFolder(File folder)

Create a Foldr. If the parent dirs don't exist create those first.

Parameters:

folder - - folder to Create.

Returns:

true if the File was created, false otherwise.

cleanDirectory

public static boolean cleanDirectory(File dir)

Removes all files and child directories in the specified directory.

Returns:

false if unable to delete the file

finalizeDiscardedObjects

public static void finalizeDiscardedObjects()

Reclaim memory, run object finalizers

areFilesIdentical

public static boolean areFilesIdentical(File f1,
                        File f2)
                                 throws IOException

Compare two files for equality. The two files are equal if the binary contents of of each of the files are identical.

Throws:

IOException

copy

public static boolean copy(String from,
           String to)
                    throws IOException

This method is used to perform directory copy

Parameters:

from - path to the source dir

to - path to the destination dir

Returns:

false if the dir could not be copied

Throws:

IOException - if there are problems in copying the fir

getTimestamp

public static String getTimestamp()

This method is used to create a timestamp that could be used to create file names

Returns:

String representation of the current time in yyyyMMddHHmm pattern

readFile

public static String readFile(File aFile)
                       throws Exception

Read the file into a String and return the String value.

Returns:

the contents of the file as a String

Throws:

Exception