patterntesting.runtime.io
Class FileHelper

java.lang.Object
  patterntesting.runtime.io.FileHelper

public final class FileHelper
extends Object

The Class FileHelper.

Since:

11.09.2008

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

oliver

Method Summary

static File	createTmpdir() Creates a directory in the temp directory.
static File	createTmpdir(String prefix, String suffix) Creates a directory in the temp directory.
static boolean	equals(File f1, File f2) Comparing two files is not so easy as it seems to be.
static File	getHomeDir() Gets the home dir.
static File	getTmpdir() Gets the tmpdir.
static File	getTmpdir(File file) Gets the tmpdir.
static File	getTmpdir(String filename) Gets the tmpdir.
static File	normalize(File file) Normalizes a file, analogous to FilenameUtils.normalize(String).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getTmpdir

public static File getTmpdir()

Gets the tmpdir.

Returns:

the tmpdir

getTmpdir

public static File getTmpdir(File file)

Gets the tmpdir.

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

the tmpdir

getTmpdir

public static File getTmpdir(String filename)

Gets the tmpdir.

Parameters:

filename - the filename

Returns:

the tmpdir

createTmpdir

public static File createTmpdir()
                         throws IOException

Creates a directory in the temp directory.

Returns:

the directory

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

createTmpdir

public static File createTmpdir(String prefix,
                                String suffix)
                         throws IOException

Creates a directory in the temp directory.

Parameters:

prefix - the prefix

suffix - the suffix

Returns:

the directory

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

getHomeDir

public static File getHomeDir()

Gets the home dir.

Returns:

the home dir

normalize

public static File normalize(File file)

Normalizes a file, analogous to FilenameUtils.normalize(String). But before we normalize it we try to ask to OS for the canonical path for it.

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

the file

equals

public static boolean equals(File f1,
                             File f2)

Comparing two files is not so easy as it seems to be. On unix systems or Mac OS-X you can see the same file via two different mount points or as two different hard links. If you are on *nix you can use the inode to compare but how to get the inode?

Parameters:

f1 - file 1

f2 - file 2

Returns:

true, if successful

Since:

1.1