net.sf.basedb.util.importer
Interface FileWrapper

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseFileWrapper, DiskFileWrapper

public interface FileWrapper

Wrapper around files that provide some basic information about the file. This allows us to work with both files on disk and in the BASE file system without handling special cases.

Since:

2.16

Author:

Nicklas

Last modified

$Date: 2010-08-03 11:21:30 +0200 (Tue, 03 Aug 2010) $

Method Summary

String	getCharacterSet() Get the character set used in the file.
InputStream	getInputStream() Get an input stream that reads data from the file.
String	getName() Get the name of the file.
long	getSize() Get the size of the file.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Get the name of the file.

Returns:

The name of the file, or null if not known

getSize

long getSize()

Get the size of the file.

Returns:

The size of the file, or -1 if not known

getCharacterSet

String getCharacterSet()

Get the character set used in the file.

Returns:

The character set, or null if not known or if the file is binary file

getInputStream

InputStream getInputStream()
                           throws IOException

Get an input stream that reads data from the file. Multiple calls to this method should normally result in multiple independent streams.

Returns:

An input stream

Throws:

IOException