com.generationjava.io
Class FileW

java.lang.Object
  com.generationjava.io.FileW

public final class FileW

extends Object

Provides useful, standard behaviour for dealing with java.io.Files.

Constructor Summary

FileW()

Method Summary

static String	dottify(String in) Changes File.separator to dots in a pathname.
static File[]	findFiles(String str)
static File[]	findFiles(String str, File directory)
static String	getClassName(File file) What is the full classname of this file.
static String	loadFile(File file) Load the contents of a given java.io.File.
static String	loadFile(InputStream in) Load the contents of a given stream.
static String	loadFile(String filename) Load the contents of a given filename.
static String	loadFile(URL url) Load the contents of a given url.
static String	loadFromClasspath(String file)
static String	loadFromClasspath(String file, ClassLoader loader)
static String	loadFromClasspath(String file, Object instance)
static String	removeExtension(String in) If a filename has an extension, then it removes this.
static String	removePwd(String in) Removes the present working directory of a filename
static boolean	saveFile(String filename, String contents) Save a String to a file with the given filename.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileW

public FileW()

Method Detail

loadFile

public static String loadFile(String filename)

Load the contents of a given filename. Return null if the file is not loadable.

loadFile

public static String loadFile(InputStream in)

Load the contents of a given stream. Return null if the file is not loadable.

loadFile

public static String loadFile(URL url)

Load the contents of a given url. Return null if the file is not loadable.

loadFile

public static String loadFile(File file)

Load the contents of a given java.io.File. Return null if the file is not loadable.

loadFromClasspath

public static String loadFromClasspath(String file)

loadFromClasspath

public static String loadFromClasspath(String file,
                                       Object instance)

loadFromClasspath

public static String loadFromClasspath(String file,
                                       ClassLoader loader)

saveFile

public static boolean saveFile(String filename,
                               String contents)

Save a String to a file with the given filename.

Returns:

boolean did the save work.

getClassName

public static String getClassName(File file)

What is the full classname of this file.

Parameters:

file - File to find classname of

Returns:

String class name

removePwd

public static String removePwd(String in)

Removes the present working directory of a filename

Parameters:

in - String pathname

Returns:

String relative pathname

removeExtension

public static String removeExtension(String in)

If a filename has an extension, then it removes this.

Parameters:

in - String pathname

Returns:

String pathname without extension.

dottify

public static String dottify(String in)

Changes File.separator to dots in a pathname.

Parameters:

in - String pathname

Returns:

String pathname with dots instead of file separators.

findFiles

public static File[] findFiles(String str)

findFiles

public static File[] findFiles(String str,
                               File directory)