uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.grid.utils
Class FileUtils

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.grid.utils.FileUtils

public class FileUtils
extends Object

Utility methods for handling files.

Constructor Summary

FileUtils()

Method Summary

static void	copyFile(File src, File dest)
static File	fileFromPath(String parent, String... children)
static String	getStringFromFile(String fileName) Get a string out of a file given its filename
static String	getStringFromResource(ClassLoader loader, String resourceName) Get a resource from a class loader and load it into a string.
static String	getStringFromResource(String resourceName) Wrapper for getStringFromResource that uses FileUtils's own class loader.
static void	mkdir(File dir)
static Document	parseXML(byte[] bytes)
static Document	parseXML(File xml)
static Document	parseXML(InputStream is)
static Document	parseXML(String xmlString)
static void	rmTree(File dir)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileUtils

public FileUtils()

Method Detail

getStringFromFile

public static String getStringFromFile(String fileName)

Get a string out of a file given its filename

Parameters:

fileName - the name of the file inc path

Returns:

a string containing the contents of the file

getStringFromResource

public static String getStringFromResource(String resourceName)
                                    throws IOException

Wrapper for getStringFromResource that uses FileUtils's own class loader. (the other method can probably be removed at some point)

Throws:

IOException

getStringFromResource

public static String getStringFromResource(ClassLoader loader,
                                           String resourceName)
                                    throws IOException

Get a resource from a class loader and load it into a string.

Parameters:

loader - the classloader (usually, getClass().getClassLoader())

resourceName - the full name of the resource to load

Returns:

a string containing the contents of the resource

Throws:

IOException

copyFile

public static void copyFile(File src,
                            File dest)
                     throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

rmTree

public static void rmTree(File dir)

parseXML

public static Document parseXML(String xmlString)

parseXML

public static Document parseXML(byte[] bytes)

parseXML

public static Document parseXML(InputStream is)

parseXML

public static Document parseXML(File xml)

mkdir

public static void mkdir(File dir)

fileFromPath

public static File fileFromPath(String parent,
                                String... children)