Class FileUtil


  • public class FileUtil
    extends Object
    This class collects some useful methods for file and stream handling.
    Version:
    2.0
    Author:
    Nicklas
    Last modified
    $Date$
    • Constructor Detail

      • FileUtil

        public FileUtil()
    • Method Detail

      • copy

        public static long copy​(InputStream in,
                                OutputStream out)
                         throws IOException
        Copy from the input stream to the output stream until end of file is reached.
        Parameters:
        in - The InputStream to read from
        out - The OutputStream to write to
        Returns:
        The number of bytes copied
        Throws:
        IOException - This exception is thrown if there is an error
      • copy

        public static long copy​(InputStream in,
                                OutputStream out,
                                AbsoluteProgressReporter progress)
                         throws IOException
        Copy from the input stream to the output stream until end of file is reached.
        Parameters:
        in - The InputStream to read from
        out - The OutputStream to write to
        progress - An optional progress reporter
        Returns:
        The number of bytes copied
        Throws:
        IOException - This exception is thrown if there is an error
        Since:
        2.5
      • copy

        public static long copy​(Reader in,
                                Writer out)
                         throws IOException
        Copy from the reader to the writer until end of file is reached.
        Parameters:
        in - The Reader to read from
        out - The Writer to write to
        Returns:
        The number of characters copied
        Throws:
        IOException - This exception is thrown if there is an error
        Since:
        2.12
      • copy

        public static long copy​(Reader in,
                                Writer out,
                                AbsoluteProgressReporter progress)
                         throws IOException
        Copy from the reader to the writer until end of file is reached.
        Parameters:
        in - The Reader to read from
        out - The Writer to write to
        progress - An optional progress reporter
        Returns:
        The number of characters copied
        Throws:
        IOException - This exception is thrown if there is an error
        Since:
        2.12
      • read

        public static long read​(InputStream in)
                         throws IOException
        Read from the input stream until the end is reached.
        Parameters:
        in - The InputStream to read from
        Returns:
        The number of bytes copied
        Throws:
        IOException - This exception is thrown if there is an error
        Since:
        2.4
      • close

        public static void close​(InputStream in)
        Close an input stream without throwing an exception.
        Parameters:
        in - The input stream to close
        Since:
        2.9
      • close

        public static void close​(OutputStream out)
        Close an output stream without throwing an exception.
        Parameters:
        out - The output stream to close
        Since:
        2.9
      • close

        public static void close​(Closeable c)
        Close a Closeable without throwing an exception.
        Parameters:
        c - The object to close
        Since:
        3.5
      • close

        public static void close​(AutoCloseable c)
        Close a AutoCloseable without throwing an exception.
        Parameters:
        c - The object to close
        Since:
        3.18
      • getInputStream

        public static InputStream getInputStream​(File file)
                                          throws IOException
        Get a buffered InputStream object reading from the specified file.
        Parameters:
        file - The path to the file to read from
        Returns:
        A buffered InputStream
        Throws:
        IOException - If the stream cannot be opened
      • getOutputStream

        public static OutputStream getOutputStream​(File file)
                                            throws IOException
        Get a buffered OutputStream object writing to the specified file.
        Parameters:
        file - The path to the file to write to
        Returns:
        A buffered OutputStream
        Throws:
        IOException - If the stream cannot be opened
      • checkMagicNumber

        public static boolean checkMagicNumber​(PushbackInputStream pin,
                                               byte[] bCheck)
                                        throws IOException
        Take a peek at an input stream and check if the first few bytes matches the bCheck parameter. After the check the bytes are pushed back to the stream again. This method is useful to check the file format of a file, which can often be done by checing the first few bytes at the start of the file. For example to check if the file is gzip file:

        bCheck = new byte[] { 0x1f, (byte)0x8b };

        Parameters:
        pin - The input stream to read from which must have large enough buffer to be able to unread the bytes
        bCheck - The byte values to use for comparison
        Returns:
        TRUE if the file matches the specified bytes, FALSE otherwise
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is an error reading or unreading the bytes
        NullPointerException - If pin or bCheck is null
        IllegalArgumentException - If bCheck is zero length
        Since:
        2.4
      • loadMinimalDirectoryTree

        public static Map<Directory,​List<Directory>> loadMinimalDirectoryTree​(DbControl dc,
                                                                                    Directory... directories)
                                                                             throws InvalidDataException,
                                                                                    BaseException
        Load a minimal directory tree that includes at least all the specified directories and their parent directories all the way up to the root or as far as the logged in user has read permission.
        Parameters:
        dc - A DbControl for accessing the database
        directories - An array of directories
        Returns:
        A Map which maps a directory to a list of it's sub-directories. The map is guaranteed to contain an entry for each of the given directories, but the list may be empty if there are no subdirectories
        Throws:
        BaseException - If there is an error
        InvalidDataException
        Since:
        2.11
      • loadMinimalDirectoryTree

        public static Map<Directory,​List<Directory>> loadMinimalDirectoryTree​(DbControl dc,
                                                                                    Collection<Include> include,
                                                                                    Directory... directories)
                                                                             throws InvalidDataException,
                                                                                    BaseException
        Load a minimal directory tree that includes at least all the specified directories and their parent directories all the way up to the root or as far as the logged in user has read permission.
        Parameters:
        dc - A DbControl for accessing the database
        include - Include settings for loading sub directories
        directories - An array of directories
        Returns:
        A Map which maps a directory to a list of it's sub-directories. The map is guaranteed to contain an entry for each of the given directories, but the list may be empty if there are no subdirectories
        Throws:
        BaseException - If there is an error
        InvalidDataException
        Since:
        3.11
      • findFiles

        public static List<File> findFiles​(File directory,
                                           FileFilter filter)
        Find files matching a given filter in a directory. If the filter returns sub-directories, this method will check those directories too. Use, for example, the RegexpFileFilter to look for files matching a regular expression.
        Parameters:
        directory - The parent directory to search in
        filter - A filter which specifies which files to find, or null to find all files
        Returns:
        A List with the files in directory that matches the filter, or null if the specified directory doesn't exists or isn't a directory
        Since:
        2.5
        See Also:
        RegexpFileFilter
      • deleteEmptyDirectories

        public static int deleteEmptyDirectories​(File root,
                                                 boolean deleteRoot)
        Deletes all empty subdirectories and, optionally, also the root directory.
        Parameters:
        root - The root directory to start looking in
        deleteRoot - TRUE to also delete the root directory if it is empty, FALSE to leave it
        Returns:
        The number of deleted directories
        Since:
        2.13
      • doRecursively

        public static void doRecursively​(DbControl dc,
                                         Directory root,
                                         Filter<? super Directory> dirFilter,
                                         Filter<? super File> fileFilter)
        Do something recursively to all files and sub-directories in specified root directory. If no directory filter is specified, all subdirectories are processed, otherwise only those directories were the Filter.evaluate(Object) method returns TRUE.

        Files are only loaded if a file filter is specified. The return value of the evaluate method is ignored.

        The files and directories may be processed in any order.

        NOTE! The intention of this method is that the filter should have have a "side-effect" that does some work on the files/ sub-directories.

        Parameters:
        dc - A DbControl to use for database access
        root - The root directory
        dirFilter - A filter that selects/rejects sub-directories
        fileFilter - A filter that does something with the file
        Since:
        2.13
      • createTempDirectory

        public static File createTempDirectory​(String prefix,
                                               String suffix,
                                               File directory)
                                        throws IOException
        Creates a temporary directory. This method uses the built-in File.createTempFile(String, String, File) method to first crete a temporary file, that is then deleted and made into a directory instead. This should ensure that a new empty directory is created each time this method is called. The "temporary" nature of this method doesn't involve cleaning up or removing the created directory. It is the responsibility of the calling code to remove every file and subdirectory as well as the returned directory. This can for example be done with the deleteTempDirectory(File) method.
        Parameters:
        prefix - A prefix that is used in the directory name it must be at least 3 characters long.
        suffix - An optional suffix for the directory name
        directory - An optional parent directory in which the temporary directory should be created, or null to use the system temporary directory
        Returns:
        A reference to the created directory
        Throws:
        IOException - If there is a problem with the directory creation
        Since:
        2.15
        See Also:
        File.createTempFile(String, String, File)
      • deleteTempDirectory

        public static int deleteTempDirectory​(File root)
        Recursively delete all files and subdirectories within a given directory and the also the given directory itself.
        Parameters:
        root - The root directory to start looking in
        Returns:
        The number of deleted files and directories
        Since:
        2.15
      • uploadFiles

        public static List<File> uploadFiles​(DbControl dc,
                                             Directory toDir,
                                             File fromDir,
                                             FileFilter filter,
                                             boolean overwrite,
                                             ProgressReporter progress)
                                      throws IOException
        Upload multiple files to BASE.
        Parameters:
        toDir - The directory in the BASE file system that the files should be uploaded to
        fromDir - The directory in the local file system to scan for files to upload if the directory doesn't exists or is empty an empty list is returned
        filter - An optional filter that decides which files that should be uploaded or not, if null all files, including subdirectories, are uploaded
        overwrite - TRUE if existing files should be overwritten, FALSE to only overwrite files that have been marked for removal
        progress - An optional progress reporter
        Returns:
        A list with the new file items that were created
        Throws:
        IOException
        Since:
        2.16