Package com.redwood.scheduler.api.io

Class FileHelper

java.lang.Object

com.redwood.scheduler.api.io.FileHelper

public final class FileHelper
extends Object

Utility class for creating and deleting directories for files.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	createDirectories(File directory)	For given directory creates all directories.
static void	createDirectoriesForFile(File file)	For given file creates all parent directories of it.
static void	createDirectoriesForFile(String fileName)	For given path creates all parent directories of a path.
static void	deleteRecursive(File file)	Recursively deletes all files/sub-directories of given file, including the file (or directory) itself.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createDirectoriesForFile

public static void createDirectoriesForFile(String fileName)
                                     throws IOException

For given path creates all parent directories of a path. E.g. /tmp/sub/somefile.txt will create the directories: /tmp/sub

Parameters:

fileName - File name (path)

Throws:

IOException - If creating directories fails

createDirectoriesForFile

public static void createDirectoriesForFile(File file)
                                     throws IOException

For given file creates all parent directories of it. E.g. /tmp/sub/somefile.txt will create the directories: /tmp/sub

Parameters:

file - File name (path)

Throws:

IOException - If creating directories fails

createDirectories

public static void createDirectories(File directory)
                              throws IOException

For given directory creates all directories. The file must point to a directory. E.g. /tmp/sub/another will create the directories: /tmp/sub;/another

Parameters:

directory - File directory (path)

Throws:

IOException - If creating directories fails or of directory does not specify a directory path

deleteRecursive

public static void deleteRecursive(File file)
                            throws IOException

Recursively deletes all files/sub-directories of given file, including the file (or directory) itself. There is one restriction: It does not delete paths with a length < than 8, an IOException is thrown then.

Parameters:

file - File or directory to (recursively) delete

Throws:

IOException - If deletion fails or given file has path length of less than 8