Interface FileObject
- All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractFileObject
,Bzip2FileObject
,CompressedFileFileObject
,DecoratedFileObject
,DelegateFileObject
,FtpFileObject
,GzipFileObject
,HttpFileObject
,JarFileObject
,LocalFile
,OnCallRefreshFileObject
,RamFileObject
,SftpFileObject
,SynchronizedFileObject
,TarFileObject
,UrlFileObject
,ZipFileObject
Files are arranged in a hierarchy. Each hierachy forms a file system. A file system represents things like a local OS file system, a windows share, an HTTP server, or the contents of a Zip file.
There are two types of files: Folders, which contain other files, and normal files, which contain data, or content. A folder may not have any content, and a normal file cannot contain other files.
File Naming
TODO - write this.
Reading and Writing a File
Reading and writing a file, and all other operations on the file's
content, is done using the FileContent
object returned
by getContent()
.
Creating and Deleting a File
A file is created using either createFolder()
, createFile()
,
or by writing to the file using one of the FileContent
methods.
A file is deleted using delete()
. Recursive deletion can be
done using delete(FileSelector)
.
Finding Files
Other files in the same file system as this file can be found using:
resolveFile(java.lang.String, org.apache.commons.vfs.NameScope)
to find another file relative to this file.getChildren()
andgetChild(java.lang.String)
to find the children of this file.getParent()
to find the folder containing this file.getFileSystem()
to find another file in the same file system.
To find files in another file system, use a FileSystemManager
.
- Version:
- $Revision: 483899 $ $Date: 2006-12-08 10:47:09 +0100 (Fri, 08 Dec 2006) $
- Author:
- Adam Murdoch
- See Also:
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionboolean
canRenameTo
(FileObject newfile) Queries the file if it is possible to rename it to newfile.void
close()
Closes this file, and its content.void
copyFrom
(FileObject srcFile, FileSelector selector) Copies another file, and all its descendents, to this file.void
Creates this file, if it does not exist.void
Creates this folder, if it does not exist.boolean
delete()
Deletes this file.int
delete
(FileSelector selector) Deletes all descendents of this file that match a selector.boolean
exists()
Determines if this file exists.findFiles
(FileSelector selector) Finds the set of matching descendents of this file, in depthwise order.void
findFiles
(FileSelector selector, boolean depthwise, List selected) Finds the set of matching descendents of this file.Returns a child of this file.Lists the children of this file.Returns this file's content.Returns the file system that contains this file.getName()
Returns the name of this file.Returns the folder that contains this file.getType()
Returns this file's type.getURL()
Returns a URL representing this file.boolean
check if the fileObject is attacedboolean
check if someone reads/write to this fileboolean
isHidden()
Determines if this file is hidden.boolean
Determines if this file can be read.boolean
Determines if this file can be written to.void
moveTo
(FileObject destFile) Move this file.void
refresh()
This will prepare the fileObject to get resynchronized with the underlaying filesystem if requiredresolveFile
(String path) Finds a file, relative to this file.resolveFile
(String name, NameScope scope) Finds a file, relative to this file.
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Method Details
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getName
FileName getName()Returns the name of this file. -
getURL
Returns a URL representing this file.- Throws:
FileSystemException
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exists
Determines if this file exists.- Returns:
true
if this file exists,false
if not.- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error determining if this file exists.
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isHidden
Determines if this file is hidden.- Returns:
true
if this file is hidden,false
if not.- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error determining if this file exists.
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isReadable
Determines if this file can be read.- Returns:
true
if this file is readable,false
if not.- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error determining if this file exists.
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isWriteable
Determines if this file can be written to.- Returns:
true
if this file is writeable,false
if not.- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error determining if this file exists.
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getType
Returns this file's type.- Returns:
- One of the
FileType
constants. Never returns null. - Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error determining the file's type.
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getParent
Returns the folder that contains this file.- Returns:
- The folder that contains this file. Returns null if this file is the root of a file system.
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error finding the file's parent.
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getFileSystem
FileSystem getFileSystem()Returns the file system that contains this file.- Returns:
- The file system.
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getChildren
Lists the children of this file.- Returns:
- An array containing the children of this file. The array is unordered. If the file does not have any children, a zero-length array is returned. This method never returns null.
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- If this file does not exist, or is not a folder, or on error listing this file's children.
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getChild
Returns a child of this file. Note that this method returnsnull
when the child does not exist. This differs fromresolveFile(String, NameScope)
which never returns null.- Parameters:
name
- The name of the child.- Returns:
- The child, or null if there is no such child.
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- If this file does not exist, or is not a folder, or on error determining this file's children.
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resolveFile
Finds a file, relative to this file. Refer toNameScope
for a description of how names are resolved in the different scopes.- Parameters:
name
- The name to resolve.- Returns:
- The file.
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error parsing the path, or on error finding the file.
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resolveFile
Finds a file, relative to this file. Equivalent to callingresolveFile( path, NameScope.FILE_SYSTEM )
.- Parameters:
path
- The path of the file to locate. Can either be a relative path or an absolute path.- Returns:
- The file.
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error parsing the path, or on error finding the file.
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findFiles
Finds the set of matching descendents of this file, in depthwise order.- Parameters:
selector
- The selector to use to select matching files.- Returns:
- The matching files. The files are returned in depthwise order (that is, a child appears in the list before its parent).
- Throws:
FileSystemException
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findFiles
Finds the set of matching descendents of this file.- Parameters:
selector
- the selector used to determine if the file should be selecteddepthwise
- controls the ordering in the list. e.g. deepest firstselected
- container for selected files. list needs not to be empty.- Throws:
FileSystemException
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delete
Deletes this file. Does nothing if this file does not exist of if it is a folder that has children. Does not delete any descendents of this file, usedelete(FileSelector)
for that.- Returns:
- true if this object has been deleted
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- If this file is a non-empty folder, or if this file is read-only, or on error deleteing this file.
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delete
Deletes all descendents of this file that match a selector. Does nothing if this file does not exist.This method is not transactional. If it fails and throws an exception, this file will potentially only be partially deleted.
- Parameters:
selector
- The selector to use to select which files to delete.- Returns:
- the number of deleted objects
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- If this file or one of its descendents is read-only, or on error deleting this file or one of its descendents.
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createFolder
Creates this folder, if it does not exist. Also creates any ancestor folders which do not exist. This method does nothing if the folder already exists.- Throws:
FileSystemException
- If the folder already exists with the wrong type, or the parent folder is read-only, or on error creating this folder or one of its ancestors.
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createFile
Creates this file, if it does not exist. Also creates any ancestor folders which do not exist. This method does nothing if the file already exists and is a file.- Throws:
FileSystemException
- If the file already exists with the wrong type, or the parent folder is read-only, or on error creating this file or one of its ancestors.
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copyFrom
Copies another file, and all its descendents, to this file. If this file does not exist, it is created. Its parent folder is also created, if necessary. If this file does exist, it is deleted first.This method is not transactional. If it fails and throws an exception, this file will potentially only be partially copied.
- Parameters:
srcFile
- The source file to copy.selector
- The selector to use to select which files to copy.- Throws:
FileSystemException
- If this file is read-only, or if the source file does not exist, or on error copying the file.
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moveTo
Move this file.If the destFile exists, it is deleted first
- Parameters:
destFile
- the New filename.- Throws:
FileSystemException
- If this file is read-only, or if the source file does not exist, or on error copying the file.
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canRenameTo
Queries the file if it is possible to rename it to newfile.- Parameters:
newfile
- the new file(-name)- Returns:
- true it this is the case
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getContent
Returns this file's content. TheFileContent
returned by this method can be used to read and write the content of the file.This method can be called if the file does not exist, and the returned
FileContent
can be used to create the file by writing its content.- Returns:
- This file's content.
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error getting this file's content.
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close
Closes this file, and its content. This method is a hint to the implementation that it can release any resources associated with the file.The file object can continue to be used after this method is called.
- Throws:
FileSystemException
- On error closing the file.- See Also:
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refresh
This will prepare the fileObject to get resynchronized with the underlaying filesystem if required- Throws:
FileSystemException
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isAttached
boolean isAttached()check if the fileObject is attaced -
isContentOpen
boolean isContentOpen()check if someone reads/write to this file -
getFileOperations
- Returns:
- FileOperations interface that provides access to the operations API.
- Throws:
FileSystemException
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