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Class FileUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils

public class FileUtils
extends Object
extends Object

This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.

Path-related methods

Methods exist to retrieve the components of a typical file path. For example /www/hosted/mysite/index.html, can be broken into:

/www/hosted/mysite/ -- retrievable through getPath(java.lang.String)
index.html -- retrievable through removePath(java.lang.String)
/www/hosted/mysite/index -- retrievable through removeExtension(java.lang.String)
html -- retrievable through getExtension(java.lang.String)

There are also methods to concatenate two paths,

resolve a
 path relative to a File

and normalize(java.lang.String) a path.

File-related methods

There are methods to create a File from a URL, copy a File to a directory, copy a File to another File, copy a URL's contents to a File, as well as methods to delete and clean a directory.

Common File manipulation routines.

Taken from the commons-utils repo. Also code from Alexandria's FileUtils. And from Avalon Excalibur's IO. And from Ant.

Version:: $Id: FileUtils.java 8145 2009-03-25 19:54:54Z bentmann $
Author:: Kevin A. Burton, Scott Sanders, Daniel Rall, Christoph.Reck, Peter Donald, Jeff Turner

Nested Class Summary
`static class`	`FileUtils.FilterWrapper`

Field Summary
`static String`	`FS` The vm line separator
`static int`	`ONE_GB` The number of bytes in a gigabyte.
`static int`	`ONE_KB` The number of bytes in a kilobyte.
`static int`	`ONE_MB` The number of bytes in a megabyte.

Constructor Summary
`FileUtils()`

Method Summary
`static String`	`basename(String filename)` Returns the filename portion of a file specification string.
`static String`	`basename(String filename, String suffix)` Returns the filename portion of a file specification string.
`static String`	`byteCountToDisplaySize(int size)` Returns a human-readable version of the file size (original is in bytes).
`static String`	`catPath(String lookupPath, String path)` Will concatenate 2 paths.
`static void`	`cleanDirectory(File directory)` Clean a directory without deleting it.
`static void`	`cleanDirectory(String directory)` Clean a directory without deleting it.
`static boolean`	`contentEquals(File file1, File file2)` Compare the contents of two files to determine if they are equal or not.
`static void`	`copyDirectory(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory)` Copy a directory to an other one.
`static void`	`copyDirectory(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory, String includes, String excludes)` Copy a directory to an other one.
`static void`	`copyDirectoryLayout(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory, String[] includes, String[] excludes)` Copies a entire directory layout : no files will be copied only directories Note: It will include empty directories.
`static void`	`copyDirectoryStructure(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory)` Copies a entire directory structure.
`static void`	`copyDirectoryStructureIfModified(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory)` Copies an entire directory structure but only source files with timestamp later than the destinations'.
`static void`	`copyFile(File source, File destination)` Copy file from source to destination.
`static void`	`copyFile(File from, File to, String encoding, FileUtils.FilterWrapper[] wrappers)` If wrappers is null or empty, the file will be copy only if to.lastModified() < from.lastModified()
`static void`	`copyFile(File from, File to, String encoding, FileUtils.FilterWrapper[] wrappers, boolean overwrite)` If wrappers is null or empty, the file will be copy only if to.lastModified() < from.lastModified() or if overwrite is true
`static boolean`	`copyFileIfModified(File source, File destination)` Copy file from source to destination only if source timestamp is later than the destination timestamp.
`static void`	`copyFileToDirectory(File source, File destinationDirectory)` Copy file from source to destination.
`static void`	`copyFileToDirectory(String source, String destinationDirectory)` Copy file from source to destination.
`static void`	`copyFileToDirectoryIfModified(File source, File destinationDirectory)` Copy file from source to destination only if source is newer than the target file.
`static void`	`copyFileToDirectoryIfModified(String source, String destinationDirectory)` Copy file from source to destination only if source is newer than the target file.
`static void`	`copyStreamToFile(InputStreamFacade source, File destination)` Copies bytes from the `InputStream` `source` to a file `destination`.
`static void`	`copyURLToFile(URL source, File destination)` Copies bytes from the URL `source` to a file `destination`.
`static File`	`createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir)` Create a temporary file in a given directory.
`static void`	`deleteDirectory(File directory)` Recursively delete a directory.
`static void`	`deleteDirectory(String directory)` Recursively delete a directory.
`static String`	`dirname(String filename)` Returns the directory path portion of a file specification string.
`static String`	`extension(String filename)` Returns the extension portion of a file specification string.
`static void`	`fileAppend(String fileName, String data)` Appends data to a file.
`static void`	`fileAppend(String fileName, String encoding, String data)` Appends data to a file.
`static void`	`fileDelete(String fileName)` Deletes a file.
`static boolean`	`fileExists(String fileName)` Check if a file exits.
`static String`	`filename(String filename)` Returns the filename portion of a file specification string.
`static String`	`fileRead(File file)` Note: the file content is read with platform encoding
`static String`	`fileRead(File file, String encoding)`
`static String`	`fileRead(String file)` Note: the file content is read with platform encoding.
`static String`	`fileRead(String file, String encoding)`
`static void`	`fileWrite(String fileName, String data)` Writes data to a file.
`static void`	`fileWrite(String fileName, String encoding, String data)` Writes data to a file.
`static void`	`forceDelete(File file)` Delete a file.
`static void`	`forceDelete(String file)` Delete a file.
`static void`	`forceDeleteOnExit(File file)` Schedule a file to be deleted when JVM exits.
`static void`	`forceMkdir(File file)` Make a directory.
`static String[]`	`getDefaultExcludes()`
`static List`	`getDefaultExcludesAsList()`
`static String`	`getDefaultExcludesAsString()`
`static List`	`getDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir)` Return a list of directories as String depending options.
`static List`	`getDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir, boolean isCaseSensitive)` Return a list of directories as String depending options.
`static String`	`getExtension(String filename)` Get extension from filename.
`static File`	`getFile(String fileName)` Creates a file handle.
`static List`	`getFileAndDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir, boolean isCaseSensitive, boolean getFiles, boolean getDirectories)` Return a list of files as String depending options.
`static List`	`getFileNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir)` Return a list of files as String depending options.
`static List`	`getFileNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir, boolean isCaseSensitive)` Return a list of files as String depending options.
`static List`	`getFiles(File directory, String includes, String excludes)` Return the files contained in the directory, using inclusion and exclusion Ant patterns, including the directory name in each of the files
`static List`	`getFiles(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir)` Return the files contained in the directory, using inclusion and exclusion Ant patterns
`static String[]`	`getFilesFromExtension(String directory, String[] extensions)` Given a directory and an array of extensions return an array of compliant files.
`static String`	`getPath(String filepath)` Get path from filename.
`static String`	`getPath(String filepath, char fileSeparatorChar)` Get path from filename.
`static boolean`	`isValidWindowsFileName(File f)` For Windows OS, check if the file name contains any of the following characters: `":", "*", "?", "\"", "<", ">", "\|"`
`static List`	`loadFile(File file)` Note: the file content is read with platform encoding
`static void`	`mkdir(String dir)` Simple way to make a directory
`static String`	`normalize(String path)` Normalize a path.
`static String`	`removeExtension(String filename)` Remove extension from filename.
`static String`	`removePath(String filepath)` Remove path from filename.
`static String`	`removePath(String filepath, char fileSeparatorChar)` Remove path from filename.
`static void`	`rename(File from, File to)` Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.
`static File`	`resolveFile(File baseFile, String filename)` Resolve a file `filename` to it's canonical form.
`static long`	`sizeOfDirectory(File directory)` Recursively count size of a directory.
`static long`	`sizeOfDirectory(String directory)` Recursively count size of a directory.
`static File`	`toFile(URL url)` Convert from a `URL` to a `File`.
`static URL[]`	`toURLs(File[] files)` Convert the array of Files into a list of URLs.
`static boolean`	`waitFor(File file, int seconds)` Waits for NFS to propagate a file creation, imposing a timeout.
`static boolean`	`waitFor(String fileName, int seconds)` Waits for NFS to propagate a file creation, imposing a timeout.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

ONE_KB

public static final int ONE_KB

The number of bytes in a kilobyte.

See Also:: Constant Field Values

ONE_MB

public static final int ONE_MB

The number of bytes in a megabyte.

See Also:: Constant Field Values

ONE_GB

public static final int ONE_GB

The number of bytes in a gigabyte.

See Also:: Constant Field Values

FS

public static String FS

The vm line separator

Constructor Detail

FileUtils

public FileUtils()

Method Detail

getDefaultExcludes

public static String[] getDefaultExcludes()

Returns:: the default excludes pattern
See Also:: AbstractScanner.DEFAULTEXCLUDES

getDefaultExcludesAsList

public static List getDefaultExcludesAsList()

Returns:: the default excludes pattern as list.
See Also:: getDefaultExcludes()

getDefaultExcludesAsString

public static String getDefaultExcludesAsString()

Returns:: the default excludes pattern as comma separated string.
See Also:: AbstractScanner.DEFAULTEXCLUDES, StringUtils.join(Object[], String)

byteCountToDisplaySize

public static String byteCountToDisplaySize(int size)

Returns a human-readable version of the file size (original is in bytes).

Parameters:: size - The number of bytes.
Returns:: A human-readable display value (includes units).

dirname

public static String dirname(String filename)

Returns the directory path portion of a file specification string. Matches the equally named unix command.

Parameters:: filename - the file path
Returns:: The directory portion excluding the ending file separator.

filename

public static String filename(String filename)

Returns the filename portion of a file specification string.

Parameters:: filename - the file path
Returns:: The filename string with extension.

basename

public static String basename(String filename)

Returns the filename portion of a file specification string. Matches the equally named unix command.

Parameters:: filename - the file path
Returns:: The filename string without extension.

basename

public static String basename(String filename,
                              String suffix)

Returns the filename portion of a file specification string. Matches the equally named unix command.

Parameters:: filename - the file path; suffix - the file suffix
Returns:: the basename of the file

extension

public static String extension(String filename)

Returns the extension portion of a file specification string. This everything after the last dot '.' in the filename (NOT including the dot).

Parameters:: filename - the file path
Returns:: the extension of the file

fileExists

public static boolean fileExists(String fileName)

Check if a file exits.

Parameters:: fileName - the file path.
Returns:: true if file exists.

fileRead

public static String fileRead(String file)
                       throws IOException

Note: the file content is read with platform encoding.

Parameters:: file - the file path
Returns:: the file content using the platform encoding.
Throws:: IOException - if any

fileRead

public static String fileRead(String file,
                              String encoding)
                       throws IOException

Parameters:: file - the file path; encoding - the wanted encoding
Returns:: the file content using the specified encoding.
Throws:: IOException - if any

fileRead

public static String fileRead(File file)
                       throws IOException

Note: the file content is read with platform encoding

Parameters:: file - the file path
Returns:: the file content using the platform encoding.
Throws:: IOException - if any

fileRead

public static String fileRead(File file,
                              String encoding)
                       throws IOException

Parameters:: file - the file path; encoding - the wanted encoding
Returns:: the file content using the specified encoding.
Throws:: IOException - if any

fileAppend

public static void fileAppend(String fileName,
                              String data)
                       throws IOException

Appends data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist. Note: the data is written with platform encoding

Parameters:: fileName - The path of the file to write.; data - The content to write to the file.
Throws:: IOException - if any

fileAppend

public static void fileAppend(String fileName,
                              String encoding,
                              String data)
                       throws IOException

Appends data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist.

Parameters:: fileName - The path of the file to write.; encoding - The encoding of the file.; data - The content to write to the file.
Throws:: IOException - if any

fileWrite

public static void fileWrite(String fileName,
                             String data)
                      throws IOException

Writes data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist. Note: the data is written with platform encoding

Parameters:: fileName - The path of the file to write.; data - The content to write to the file.
Throws:: IOException - if any

fileWrite

public static void fileWrite(String fileName,
                             String encoding,
                             String data)
                      throws IOException

Writes data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist.

Parameters:: fileName - The path of the file to write.; encoding - The encoding of the file.; data - The content to write to the file.
Throws:: IOException - if any

fileDelete

public static void fileDelete(String fileName)

Deletes a file.

Parameters:: fileName - The path of the file to delete.

waitFor

public static boolean waitFor(String fileName,
                              int seconds)

Waits for NFS to propagate a file creation, imposing a timeout.

Parameters:: fileName - The path of the file.; seconds - The maximum time in seconds to wait.
Returns:: True if file exists.

waitFor

public static boolean waitFor(File file,
                              int seconds)

Waits for NFS to propagate a file creation, imposing a timeout.

Parameters:: file - The file.; seconds - The maximum time in seconds to wait.
Returns:: True if file exists.

getFile

public static File getFile(String fileName)

Creates a file handle.

Parameters:: fileName - The path of the file.
Returns:: A File manager.

getFilesFromExtension

public static String[] getFilesFromExtension(String directory,
                                             String[] extensions)

Given a directory and an array of extensions return an array of compliant files.

TODO Should an ignore list be passed in? TODO Should a recurse flag be passed in?

The given extensions should be like "java" and not like ".java"

Parameters:: directory - The path of the directory.; extensions - an array of expected extensions.
Returns:: An array of files for the wanted extensions.

mkdir

public static void mkdir(String dir)

Simple way to make a directory

Parameters:: dir - the directory to create
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if the dir contains illegal Windows characters under Windows OS.
See Also:: INVALID_CHARACTERS_FOR_WINDOWS_FILE_NAME

contentEquals

public static boolean contentEquals(File file1,
                                    File file2)
                             throws IOException

Compare the contents of two files to determine if they are equal or not.

Parameters:: file1 - the first file; file2 - the second file
Returns:: true if the content of the files are equal or they both don't exist, false otherwise
Throws:: IOException - if any

toFile

public static File toFile(URL url)

Convert from a URL to a File.

Parameters:: url - File URL.
Returns:: The equivalent File object, or null if the URL's protocol is not file

toURLs

public static URL[] toURLs(File[] files)
                    throws IOException

Convert the array of Files into a list of URLs.

Parameters:: files - the array of files
Returns:: the array of URLs
Throws:: IOException - if an error occurs

removeExtension

public static String removeExtension(String filename)

Remove extension from filename. ie

 foo.txt    --> foo
 a\b\c.jpg --> a\b\c
 a\b\c     --> a\b\c

Parameters:: filename - the path of the file
Returns:: the filename minus extension

getExtension

public static String getExtension(String filename)

Get extension from filename. ie

 foo.txt    --> "txt"
 a\b\c.jpg --> "jpg"
 a\b\c     --> ""

Parameters:: filename - the path of the file
Returns:: the extension of filename or "" if none

removePath

public static String removePath(String filepath)

Remove path from filename. Equivalent to the unix command basename ie.

 a/b/c.txt --> c.txt
 a.txt     --> a.txt

Parameters:: filepath - the path of the file
Returns:: the filename minus path

removePath

public static String removePath(String filepath,
                                char fileSeparatorChar)

Remove path from filename. ie.

 a/b/c.txt --> c.txt
 a.txt     --> a.txt

Parameters:: filepath - the path of the file; fileSeparatorChar - the file separator character like / on Unix plateforms.
Returns:: the filename minus path

getPath

public static String getPath(String filepath)

Get path from filename. Roughly equivalent to the unix command dirname. ie.

 a/b/c.txt --> a/b
 a.txt     --> ""

Parameters:: filepath - the filepath
Returns:: the filename minus path

getPath

public static String getPath(String filepath,
                             char fileSeparatorChar)

Get path from filename. ie.

 a/b/c.txt --> a/b
 a.txt     --> ""

Parameters:: filepath - the filepath; fileSeparatorChar - the file separator character like / on Unix plateforms.
Returns:: the filename minus path

copyFileToDirectory

public static void copyFileToDirectory(String source,
                                       String destinationDirectory)
                                throws IOException

Copy file from source to destination. If destinationDirectory does not exist, it (and any parent directories) will be created. If a file source in destinationDirectory exists, it will be overwritten.

Parameters:: source - An existing File to copy.; destinationDirectory - A directory to copy source into.
Throws:: FileNotFoundException - if source isn't a normal file.; IllegalArgumentException - if destinationDirectory isn't a directory.; IOException - if source does not exist, the file in destinationDirectory cannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copying.

copyFileToDirectoryIfModified

public static void copyFileToDirectoryIfModified(String source,
                                                 String destinationDirectory)
                                          throws IOException

Copy file from source to destination only if source is newer than the target file. If destinationDirectory does not exist, it (and any parent directories) will be created. If a file source in destinationDirectory exists, it will be overwritten.

Parameters:: source - An existing File to copy.; destinationDirectory - A directory to copy source into.
Throws:: FileNotFoundException - if source isn't a normal file.; IllegalArgumentException - if destinationDirectory isn't a directory.; IOException - if source does not exist, the file in destinationDirectory cannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copying.

copyFileToDirectory

public static void copyFileToDirectory(File source,
                                       File destinationDirectory)
                                throws IOException

Parameters:: source - An existing File to copy.; destinationDirectory - A directory to copy source into.
Throws:: FileNotFoundException - if source isn't a normal file.; IllegalArgumentException - if destinationDirectory isn't a directory.; IOException - if source does not exist, the file in destinationDirectory cannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copying.

copyFileToDirectoryIfModified

public static void copyFileToDirectoryIfModified(File source,
                                                 File destinationDirectory)
                                          throws IOException

Parameters:: source - An existing File to copy.; destinationDirectory - A directory to copy source into.
Throws:: FileNotFoundException - if source isn't a normal file.; IllegalArgumentException - if destinationDirectory isn't a directory.; IOException - if source does not exist, the file in destinationDirectory cannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copying.

copyFile

public static void copyFile(File source,
                            File destination)
                     throws IOException

Copy file from source to destination. The directories up to destination will be created if they don't already exist. destination will be overwritten if it already exists.

Parameters:: source - An existing non-directory File to copy bytes from.; destination - A non-directory File to write bytes to (possibly overwriting).
Throws:: IOException - if source does not exist, destination cannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copying.; FileNotFoundException - if destination is a directory (use copyFileToDirectory(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)).

copyFileIfModified

public static boolean copyFileIfModified(File source,
                                         File destination)
                                  throws IOException

Copy file from source to destination only if source timestamp is later than the destination timestamp. The directories up to destination will be created if they don't already exist. destination will be overwritten if it already exists.

Parameters:: source - An existing non-directory File to copy bytes from.; destination - A non-directory File to write bytes to (possibly overwriting).
Returns:: true if no problem occured
Throws:: IOException - if source does not exist, destination cannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copying.; FileNotFoundException - if destination is a directory (use copyFileToDirectory(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)).

copyURLToFile

public static void copyURLToFile(URL source,
                                 File destination)
                          throws IOException

Copies bytes from the URL source to a file destination. The directories up to destination will be created if they don't already exist. destination will be overwritten if it already exists.

Parameters:

source - A URL to copy bytes from.

destination - A non-directory File to write bytes to (possibly overwriting).

Throws:

IOException - if

source URL cannot be opened
destination cannot be written to
an IO error occurs during copying

copyStreamToFile

public static void copyStreamToFile(InputStreamFacade source,
                                    File destination)
                             throws IOException

Copies bytes from the InputStream source to a file destination. The directories up to destination will be created if they don't already exist. destination will be overwritten if it already exists.

Parameters:

source - An InputStream to copy bytes from. This stream is guaranteed to be closed.

destination - A non-directory File to write bytes to (possibly overwriting).

Throws:

IOException - if

source URL cannot be opened
destination cannot be written to
an IO error occurs during copying

normalize

public static String normalize(String path)

Normalize a path. Eliminates "/../" and "/./" in a string. Returns null if the ..'s went past the root. Eg:

 /foo//               -->     /foo/
 /foo/./              -->     /foo/
 /foo/../bar          -->     /bar
 /foo/../bar/         -->     /bar/
 /foo/../bar/../baz   -->     /baz
 //foo//./bar         -->     /foo/bar
 /../                 -->     null

Parameters:: path - the path to normalize
Returns:: the normalized String, or null if too many ..'s.

catPath

public static String catPath(String lookupPath,
                             String path)

Will concatenate 2 paths. Paths with .. will be properly handled.

Eg.,
/a/b/c + d = /a/b/d
/a/b/c + ../d = /a/d

Thieved from Tomcat sources...

Parameters:: lookupPath - a path; path - the path to concatenate
Returns:: The concatenated paths, or null if error occurs

resolveFile

public static File resolveFile(File baseFile,
                               String filename)

Resolve a file filename to it's canonical form. If filename is relative (doesn't start with /), it will be resolved relative to baseFile, otherwise it is treated as a normal root-relative path.

Parameters:: baseFile - Where to resolve filename from, if filename is relative.; filename - Absolute or relative file path to resolve.
Returns:: The canonical File of filename.

forceDelete

public static void forceDelete(String file)
                        throws IOException

Delete a file. If file is directory delete it and all sub-directories.

Parameters:: file - the file path
Throws:: IOException - if any

forceDelete

public static void forceDelete(File file)
                        throws IOException

Delete a file. If file is directory delete it and all sub-directories.

Parameters:: file - a file
Throws:: IOException - if any

forceDeleteOnExit

public static void forceDeleteOnExit(File file)
                              throws IOException

Schedule a file to be deleted when JVM exits. If file is directory delete it and all sub-directories.

Parameters:: file - a file
Throws:: IOException - if any

forceMkdir

public static void forceMkdir(File file)
                       throws IOException

Make a directory.

Parameters:: file - not null
Throws:: IOException - If there already exists a file with specified name or the directory is unable to be created; IllegalArgumentException - if the file contains illegal Windows characters under Windows OS.
See Also:: INVALID_CHARACTERS_FOR_WINDOWS_FILE_NAME

deleteDirectory

public static void deleteDirectory(String directory)
                            throws IOException

Recursively delete a directory.

Parameters:: directory - a directory
Throws:: IOException - if any

deleteDirectory

public static void deleteDirectory(File directory)
                            throws IOException

Recursively delete a directory.

Parameters:: directory - a directory
Throws:: IOException - if any

cleanDirectory

public static void cleanDirectory(String directory)
                           throws IOException

Clean a directory without deleting it.

Parameters:: directory - a directory
Throws:: IOException - if any

cleanDirectory

public static void cleanDirectory(File directory)
                           throws IOException

Clean a directory without deleting it.

Parameters:: directory - a directory
Throws:: IOException - if any

sizeOfDirectory

public static long sizeOfDirectory(String directory)

Recursively count size of a directory.

Parameters:: directory - a directory
Returns:: size of directory in bytes.

sizeOfDirectory

public static long sizeOfDirectory(File directory)

Recursively count size of a directory.

Parameters:: directory - a directory
Returns:: size of directory in bytes.

getFiles

public static List getFiles(File directory,
                            String includes,
                            String excludes)
                     throws IOException

Return the files contained in the directory, using inclusion and exclusion Ant patterns, including the directory name in each of the files

Parameters:: directory - the directory to scan; includes - the includes pattern, comma separated; excludes - the excludes pattern, comma separated
Returns:: a list of File objects
Throws:: IOException
See Also:: getFileNames( File, String, String, boolean )

getFiles

public static List getFiles(File directory,
                            String includes,
                            String excludes,
                            boolean includeBasedir)
                     throws IOException

Return the files contained in the directory, using inclusion and exclusion Ant patterns

Parameters:: directory - the directory to scan; includes - the includes pattern, comma separated; excludes - the excludes pattern, comma separated; includeBasedir - true to include the base dir in each file
Returns:: a list of File objects
Throws:: IOException
See Also:: getFileNames( File, String, String, boolean )

getFileNames

public static List getFileNames(File directory,
                                String includes,
                                String excludes,
                                boolean includeBasedir)
                         throws IOException

Return a list of files as String depending options. This method use case sensitive file name.

Parameters:: directory - the directory to scan; includes - the includes pattern, comma separated; excludes - the excludes pattern, comma separated; includeBasedir - true to include the base dir in each String of file
Returns:: a list of files as String
Throws:: IOException

getFileNames

public static List getFileNames(File directory,
                                String includes,
                                String excludes,
                                boolean includeBasedir,
                                boolean isCaseSensitive)
                         throws IOException

Return a list of files as String depending options.

Parameters:: directory - the directory to scan; includes - the includes pattern, comma separated; excludes - the excludes pattern, comma separated; includeBasedir - true to include the base dir in each String of file; isCaseSensitive - true if case sensitive
Returns:: a list of files as String
Throws:: IOException

getDirectoryNames

public static List getDirectoryNames(File directory,
                                     String includes,
                                     String excludes,
                                     boolean includeBasedir)
                              throws IOException

Return a list of directories as String depending options. This method use case sensitive file name.

Parameters:: directory - the directory to scan; includes - the includes pattern, comma separated; excludes - the excludes pattern, comma separated; includeBasedir - true to include the base dir in each String of file
Returns:: a list of directories as String
Throws:: IOException

getDirectoryNames

public static List getDirectoryNames(File directory,
                                     String includes,
                                     String excludes,
                                     boolean includeBasedir,
                                     boolean isCaseSensitive)
                              throws IOException

Return a list of directories as String depending options.

Parameters:: directory - the directory to scan; includes - the includes pattern, comma separated; excludes - the excludes pattern, comma separated; includeBasedir - true to include the base dir in each String of file; isCaseSensitive - true if case sensitive
Returns:: a list of directories as String
Throws:: IOException

getFileAndDirectoryNames

public static List getFileAndDirectoryNames(File directory,
                                            String includes,
                                            String excludes,
                                            boolean includeBasedir,
                                            boolean isCaseSensitive,
                                            boolean getFiles,
                                            boolean getDirectories)
                                     throws IOException

Return a list of files as String depending options.

Parameters:: directory - the directory to scan; includes - the includes pattern, comma separated; excludes - the excludes pattern, comma separated; includeBasedir - true to include the base dir in each String of file; isCaseSensitive - true if case sensitive; getFiles - true if get files; getDirectories - true if get directories
Returns:: a list of files as String
Throws:: IOException

copyDirectory

public static void copyDirectory(File sourceDirectory,
                                 File destinationDirectory)
                          throws IOException

Copy a directory to an other one.

Parameters:: sourceDirectory - the source dir; destinationDirectory - the target dir
Throws:: IOException - if any

copyDirectory

public static void copyDirectory(File sourceDirectory,
                                 File destinationDirectory,
                                 String includes,
                                 String excludes)
                          throws IOException

Copy a directory to an other one.

Parameters:: sourceDirectory - the source dir; destinationDirectory - the target dir; includes - include pattern; excludes - exlucde pattern
Throws:: IOException - if any
See Also:: getFiles(File, String, String)

copyDirectoryLayout

public static void copyDirectoryLayout(File sourceDirectory,
                                       File destinationDirectory,
                                       String[] includes,
                                       String[] excludes)
                                throws IOException

Copies a entire directory layout : no files will be copied only directories

Note:

It will include empty directories.
The sourceDirectory must exists.

Parameters:: sourceDirectory - the source dir; destinationDirectory - the target dir; includes - include pattern; excludes - exlucde pattern
Throws:: IOException - if any
Since:: 1.5.7

copyDirectoryStructure

public static void copyDirectoryStructure(File sourceDirectory,
                                          File destinationDirectory)
                                   throws IOException

Copies a entire directory structure.

Note:

It will include empty directories.
The sourceDirectory must exists.

Parameters:: sourceDirectory - the source dir; destinationDirectory - the target dir
Throws:: IOException - if any

copyDirectoryStructureIfModified

public static void copyDirectoryStructureIfModified(File sourceDirectory,
                                                    File destinationDirectory)
                                             throws IOException

Copies an entire directory structure but only source files with timestamp later than the destinations'.

Note:

It will include empty directories.
The sourceDirectory must exists.

Parameters:: sourceDirectory - the source dir; destinationDirectory - the target dir
Throws:: IOException - if any

rename

public static void rename(File from,
                          File to)
                   throws IOException

Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.

This will remove to (if it exists), ensure that to's parent directory exists and move from, which involves deleting from as well.

Parameters:: from - the file to move; to - the new file name
Throws:: IOException - if anything bad happens during this process. Note that to may have been deleted already when this happens.

createTempFile

public static File createTempFile(String prefix,
                                  String suffix,
                                  File parentDir)

Create a temporary file in a given directory.

The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will yield a different file name.

The filename is prefixNNNNNsuffix where NNNN is a random number

This method is different to File.createTempFile(String, String, File) of JDK 1.2 as it doesn't create the file itself. It uses the location pointed to by java.io.tmpdir when the parentDir attribute is null.

To delete automatically the file created by this method, use the File.deleteOnExit() method.

Parameters:: prefix - prefix before the random number; suffix - file extension; include the '.'; parentDir - Directory to create the temporary file in -java.io.tmpdir used if not specificed
Returns:: a File reference to the new temporary file.

copyFile

public static void copyFile(File from,
                            File to,
                            String encoding,
                            FileUtils.FilterWrapper[] wrappers)
                     throws IOException

If wrappers is null or empty, the file will be copy only if to.lastModified() < from.lastModified()

Parameters:: from - the file to copy; to - the destination file; encoding - the file output encoding (only if wrappers is not empty); wrappers - array of FileUtils.FilterWrapper
Throws:: IOException - if an IO error occurs during copying or filtering

copyFile

public static void copyFile(File from,
                            File to,
                            String encoding,
                            FileUtils.FilterWrapper[] wrappers,
                            boolean overwrite)
                     throws IOException

If wrappers is null or empty, the file will be copy only if to.lastModified() < from.lastModified() or if overwrite is true

Parameters:: from - the file to copy; to - the destination file; encoding - the file output encoding (only if wrappers is not empty); wrappers - array of FileUtils.FilterWrapper; overwrite - if true and f wrappers is null or empty, the file will be copy enven if to.lastModified() < from.lastModified()
Throws:: IOException - if an IO error occurs during copying or filtering
Since:: 1.5.2

loadFile

public static List loadFile(File file)
                     throws IOException

Note: the file content is read with platform encoding

Parameters:: file - the file
Returns:: a List containing every every line not starting with # and not empty
Throws:: IOException - if any

isValidWindowsFileName

public static boolean isValidWindowsFileName(File f)

For Windows OS, check if the file name contains any of the following characters: ":", "*", "?", "\"", "<", ">", "|"

Parameters:: f - not null file
Returns:: false if the file path contains any of forbidden Windows characters, true if the Os is not Windows or if the file path respect the Windows constraints.
Since:: 1.5.2
See Also:: INVALID_CHARACTERS_FOR_WINDOWS_FILE_NAME

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org.codehaus.plexus.util Class FileUtils

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FS

FileUtils

getDefaultExcludes

getDefaultExcludesAsList

getDefaultExcludesAsString

byteCountToDisplaySize

dirname

filename

basename

basename

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fileExists

fileRead

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fileDelete

waitFor

waitFor

getFile

getFilesFromExtension

mkdir

contentEquals

toFile

toURLs

removeExtension

getExtension

removePath

removePath

getPath

getPath

copyFileToDirectory

copyFileToDirectoryIfModified

copyFileToDirectory

copyFileToDirectoryIfModified

copyFile

copyFileIfModified

copyURLToFile

copyStreamToFile

normalize

catPath

resolveFile

forceDelete

forceDelete

forceDeleteOnExit

forceMkdir

deleteDirectory

deleteDirectory

cleanDirectory

cleanDirectory

sizeOfDirectory

sizeOfDirectory

getFiles

getFiles

getFileNames

getFileNames

getDirectoryNames

getDirectoryNames

getFileAndDirectoryNames

copyDirectory

copyDirectory

copyDirectoryLayout

copyDirectoryStructure

copyDirectoryStructureIfModified

rename

createTempFile

copyFile

copyFile

loadFile

isValidWindowsFileName

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Class FileUtils