ch.elca.dependency.util
Class MyFile

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.File
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        +--ch.elca.dependency.util.MyFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

public class MyFile

extends java.io.File

Class MyFile used for a temporary directory which needs to be deleted on exit. The delete() method works recursively in case an instance of MyFile is a directory.

Version:

1.0-beta

Author:

Pawel Kowalski

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.File

pathSeparator, pathSeparatorChar, separator, separatorChar

Constructor Summary

MyFile(java.io.File parent, java.lang.String child)
Creates a new MyFile instance.

MyFile(java.lang.String pathname)
Creates a new MyFile instance.

Method Summary

boolean	createNewFile() Atomically creates a new, empty file named by this abstract pathname if and only if a file with this name does not yet exist.
boolean	delete() Deletes the file or directory denoted by this abstract pathname.

Methods inherited from class java.io.File

canRead, canWrite, compareTo, compareTo, createTempFile, createTempFile, deleteOnExit, equals, exists, getAbsoluteFile, getAbsolutePath, getCanonicalFile, getCanonicalPath, getName, getParent, getParentFile, getPath, hashCode, isAbsolute, isDirectory, isFile, isHidden, lastModified, length, list, list, listFiles, listFiles, listFiles, listRoots, mkdir, mkdirs, renameTo, setLastModified, setReadOnly, toString, toURI, toURL

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MyFile

public MyFile(java.lang.String pathname)

Creates a new MyFile instance.

Parameters:

pathname - a String value

MyFile

public MyFile(java.io.File parent,
              java.lang.String child)

Creates a new MyFile instance.

Parameters:

parent - a File value

child - a String value

Method Detail

delete

public boolean delete()

Deletes the file or directory denoted by this abstract pathname. If this pathname denotes a directory, then the contents of this directory will be deleted recursively.

Overrides:

delete in class java.io.File

Returns:

a boolean value

createNewFile

public boolean createNewFile()
                      throws java.io.IOException

Atomically creates a new, empty file named by this abstract pathname if and only if a file with this name does not yet exist. All necessary parent directories will also be created.

Overrides:

createNewFile in class java.io.File

Returns:

a boolean value

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs