org.hsqldb.lib
Class FileUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.hsqldb.lib.FileUtil

public class FileUtil

extends Object

A collection of static file management methods.

Author:

fredt@users, boucherb@users

Field Summary

static boolean	fsIsIgnoreCase
static boolean	fsNormalizesPosixSeparator

Constructor Summary

FileUtil()

Method Summary

static File	absoluteFile(String path) Retrieves the absolute File, given some path specification.
static String	absolutePath(String path) Retrieves the absolute path, given some path specification.
static File	canonicalFile(File f) Retrieves the canonical file for the given file, in a JDK 1.1 complaint way.
static File	canonicalFile(String path) Retrieves the canonical file for the given path, in a JDK 1.1 complaint way.
static String	canonicalOrAbsolutePath(String path) Retrieves the canonical path for the given path, or the absolute path if attemting to retrieve the canonical path fails.
static String	canonicalPath(File f) Retrieves the canonical path for the given File in a JDK 1.1 complaint way.
static String	canonicalPath(String path) Retrieves the canonical path for the given path in a JDK 1.1 complaint way.
static void	delete(String filename) Delete the named file
static boolean	exists(String filename) Return true or false based on whether the named file exists.
static void	renameOverwrite(String oldname, String newname) Rename the file with oldname to newname.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

fsIsIgnoreCase

public static final boolean fsIsIgnoreCase

fsNormalizesPosixSeparator

public static final boolean fsNormalizesPosixSeparator

Constructor Detail

FileUtil

public FileUtil()

Method Detail

delete

public static void delete(String filename)
                   throws IOException

Delete the named file

Throws:

IOException

exists

public static boolean exists(String filename)
                      throws IOException

Return true or false based on whether the named file exists.

Throws:

IOException

renameOverwrite

public static void renameOverwrite(String oldname,
                                   String newname)
                            throws IOException

Rename the file with oldname to newname. Do nothing if the oldname file does not exist. If a file named newname already exists, delete it before ranaming.

Throws:

IOException

absolutePath

public static String absolutePath(String path)

Retrieves the absolute path, given some path specification.

Parameters:

path - the path for which to retrieve the absolute path

Returns:

the absolute path

absoluteFile

public static File absoluteFile(String path)

Retrieves the absolute File, given some path specification.

Parameters:

path - the path for which to retrieve the absolute File

Returns:

the absolute File

canonicalFile

public static File canonicalFile(File f)
                          throws IOException

Retrieves the canonical file for the given file, in a JDK 1.1 complaint way.

Parameters:

f - the File for which to retrieve the absolute File

Returns:

the canonical File

Throws:

IOException

canonicalFile

public static File canonicalFile(String path)
                          throws IOException

Retrieves the canonical file for the given path, in a JDK 1.1 complaint way.

Parameters:

path - the path for which to retrieve the canonical File

Returns:

the canonical File

Throws:

IOException

canonicalPath

public static String canonicalPath(File f)
                            throws IOException

Retrieves the canonical path for the given File in a JDK 1.1 complaint way.

Parameters:

f - the File for which to retrieve the canonical path

Returns:

the canonical path

Throws:

IOException

canonicalPath

public static String canonicalPath(String path)
                            throws IOException

Retrieves the canonical path for the given path in a JDK 1.1 complaint way.

Parameters:

path - the path for which to retrieve the canonical path

Returns:

the canonical path

Throws:

IOException

canonicalOrAbsolutePath

public static String canonicalOrAbsolutePath(String path)

Retrieves the canonical path for the given path, or the absolute path if attemting to retrieve the canonical path fails.

Parameters:

path - the path for which to retrieve the canonical or absolute path

Returns:

the canonical or absolute path