cryptix.util.core

Class FileUtil

java.lang.Object

cryptix.util.core.FileUtil

public class FileUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Static methods for processing File utilitarian tasks.

Copyright © 1997, 1998 Systemics Ltd on behalf of the Cryptix Development Team.
All rights reserved.

$Revision: 1.1 $

Since:

Cryptix 3.0.4

Author:

Raif S. Naffah

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
(package private) static class	FileUtil.IdentityFilter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
(package private) static boolean	doFileOrDir(java.util.Properties properties, java.lang.String name, java.io.File f)
(package private) static boolean	doZip(java.util.Properties properties, java.lang.String name, java.io.File f) same as above given a .zip or .jar file object.
static boolean	loadProperties(java.util.Properties properties, java.lang.String name) Load a Properties object from a file given its name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileUtil

public FileUtil()

Method Detail

loadProperties

public static boolean loadProperties(java.util.Properties properties,
                                     java.lang.String name)

Load a Properties object from a file given its name. The search for the specified file is carried out on all the files and directories specified in the CLASSPATH environment variable (contents of the java system property "java.class.path"). The search is also done on the top level contents of ".zip" and ".jar" files. Finally the search stops after the first successful completion of the loading process; ie. after the first .properties file was found and was successfully used to load the specified properties.

Parameters:

properties - The java.util.Properties object to load.

name - The name of the properties file. If it does not end with the suffix ".properties" one will be added.

Returns:

True iff the properties object was loaded correctly

doFileOrDir

static boolean doFileOrDir(java.util.Properties properties,
                           java.lang.String name,
                           java.io.File f)

doZip

static boolean doZip(java.util.Properties properties,
                     java.lang.String name,
                     java.io.File f)

same as above given a .zip or .jar file object. The difference with this method is that the search does not go deeper than the top level; ie. no directory recursion is done.