com.armatiek.infofuze.stream.filesystem
Class AbstractFile

java.lang.Object
  com.armatiek.infofuze.stream.filesystem.AbstractFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

FileIf

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArchiveFile, ArchiveFileEntry, CIFSFile, HTTPFile, LocalFile, ProxyFile, WebDAVFile

public abstract class AbstractFile
extends java.lang.Object
implements FileIf

Author:

Maarten Kroon

Constructor Summary

AbstractFile()

Method Summary

boolean	canRead() Tests whether the application can read the file.
boolean	exists() Tests whether the file or directory exists.
java.lang.String	getCharacterEncoding() Returns the name of the character encoding (MIME charset) of the character contents of this file.
java.lang.String	getMimeType() Returns the mime type/content type of the contents of the file.
boolean	hasContent() Tests whether this file has content.
boolean	isHidden() Tests whether this is a hidden file.
java.util.Iterator<FileIf>	listFiles() Returns an iterator of files and directories in the directory denoted by this file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.armatiek.infofuze.stream.filesystem.FileIf

equals, getInputStream, getName, getParent, getParentFile, getPath, isDirectory, isFile, lastModified, length

Constructor Detail

AbstractFile

public AbstractFile()

Method Detail

canRead

public boolean canRead()

Description copied from interface: FileIf

Tests whether the application can read the file.

Specified by:

canRead in interface FileIf

Returns:

true if and only if the file exists and can be read by the application; false otherwise

exists

public boolean exists()

Description copied from interface: FileIf

Tests whether the file or directory exists.

Specified by:

exists in interface FileIf

Returns:

true if and only if this file or directory exists; false otherwise

getCharacterEncoding

public java.lang.String getCharacterEncoding()

Description copied from interface: FileIf

Returns the name of the character encoding (MIME charset) of the character contents of this file. See RFC 2047 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2047.txt) for more information about character encoding and MIME.

Specified by:

getCharacterEncoding in interface FileIf

Returns:

a String specifying the name of the character encoding, for example, UTF-8

getMimeType

public java.lang.String getMimeType()

Description copied from interface: FileIf

Returns the mime type/content type of the contents of the file.

Specified by:

getMimeType in interface FileIf

Returns:

a String specifying the mime type, for example, text/html

hasContent

public boolean hasContent()

Description copied from interface: FileIf

Tests whether this file has content.

Specified by:

hasContent in interface FileIf

Returns:

true if this file has content.

isHidden

public boolean isHidden()

Description copied from interface: FileIf

Tests whether this is a hidden file. The exact definition of hidden is system-dependent.

Specified by:

isHidden in interface FileIf

Returns:

true if and only if this file is hidden according to the conventions of the underlying platform

listFiles

public java.util.Iterator<FileIf> listFiles()

Description copied from interface: FileIf

Returns an iterator of files and directories in the directory denoted by this file. If this file does not denote a directory, then this method returns null. Otherwise an iterator of files is returned, one for each file or directory in the directory. Files denoting the directory itself and the directory's parent directory are not included in the result.

Specified by:

listFiles in interface FileIf

Returns:

An iterator of FileIf interfaces of the files and directories in the directory denoted by this file. The iterator will be empty if the directory is empty. Returns null if this file does not denote a directory, or if an I/O error occurs.