org.ow2.clif.util

Class FileUtil

java.lang.Object

org.ow2.clif.util.FileUtil

public abstract class FileUtil
extends java.lang.Object

File utilities

Author:

Bruno Dillenseger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	copyFromResource(java.lang.String resource, java.io.File target) Creates/overwrites a file copying content from a resource.
static boolean	delete(java.io.File root) Recursively deletes a directory or just a single file.

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

delete

public static boolean delete(java.io.File root)

Recursively deletes a directory or just a single file. Fails as soon as one file can't be deleted.

Parameters:

root - the file or directory to delete

Returns:

true if the file or directory have been deleted, false if at least one file could not be deleted.

copyFromResource

public static void copyFromResource(java.lang.String resource,
                                    java.io.File target)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Creates/overwrites a file copying content from a resource.

Parameters:

resource - the resource file path (to be resolved using this class' class loader)

target - the file path to create (all directories in the path are created when necessary and possible)

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an exception occurred either while trying to get the resource or creating the target file