Class FileUtil

java.lang.Object
info.monitorenter.util.FileUtil

public final class FileUtil extends Object
Utility class for file operations.

Version:
1.1
Author:
Achim Westermann
  • Method Details

    • cutDirectoryInformation

      public static Map.Entry<String,String> cutDirectoryInformation(URL path)
      Cuts all path information of the String representation of the given URL.

       
        "file//c:/work/programming/anyfile.jar" --> "anyfile.jar"
        "http://jamwg.de"                       --> "" // No file part.
        "ftp://files.com/directory2/"           --> "" // File part of URL denotes a directory.
       
       
      Assuming, that '/' is the current file separator character.

      Parameters:
      path - the absolute file path you want the mere file name of.
      Returns:
      the Map.Entry consisting of path information and file name.
    • cutDirectoryInformation

      public static Map.Entry<String,String> cutDirectoryInformation(String path)
      Cuts the path information of the String that is interpreted as a filename into the directory part and the file part. The current operating system's path separator is used to cut all path information from the String.

       
        "c:/work/programming/anyfile.jar" --> Map.Entry("c:/work/programming/","anyfile.jar");
        "anyfile.jar"                     --> Map.Entry(new File(".").getAbsolutePath(),"anyfile.jar");
        "c:/directory1/directory2/"       --> Map.Entry("c:/directory1/directory2/","");
        "c:/directory1/directory2"        --> Map.Entry("c:/directory1/directory2/",""); // directory2 is a dir!
        "c:/directory1/file2"             --> Map.Entry("c:/directory1/","file2");       // file2 is a file!
        "c:/"                             --> Map.Entry("c:/","");
       
       
      Assuming, that '/' is the current file separator character.

      If your string is retrieved from an URL instance, use cutDirectoryInformation(URL path) instead, because URL's do not depend on the operating systems file separator!

      Parameters:
      path - the absolute file path you want the mere file name of.
      Returns:
      the Map.Entry consisting of path information and file name.
    • cutExtension

      public static Map.Entry<String,String> cutExtension(String filename)
      Cuts a String into the part before the last dot and after the last dot. If only one dot is contained on the first position, it will completely be used as prefix part.

       Map.Entry entry = FileUtil.cutExtension("A.Very.Strange.Name.txt");
       String prefix = (String) entry.getKey(); // prefix is "A.Very.Strange.Name".
       String suffix = (String) entry.getValue(); // suffix is "txt";
       
       entry = FileUtil.cutExtension(".profile");
       String prefix = (String) entry.getKey(); // prefix is ".profile".
       String suffix = (String) entry.getValue(); // suffix is "";
       
       entry = FileUtil.cutExtension("bash");
       String prefix = (String) entry.getKey(); // prefix is "bash".
       String suffix = (String) entry.getValue(); // suffix is "";
       
       

      Parameters:
      filename - A String that is interpreted to be a file name: The last dot ('.') is interpreted to be the extension delimiter.
      Returns:
      A java.util.Map.Entry instance containing a String for the filename at the key side and a String for the extension at the value side.
    • getDefaultFileName

      public static String getDefaultFileName(String name)
      Finds a filename based on the given name. If a file with the given name does not exist, name will be returned.

      Else:

        "myFile.out"     --> "myFile_0.out"
        "myFile_0.out"   --> "myFile_1.out"
        "myFile_1.out"   --> "myFile_2.out"
        ....
       

      The potential extension is preserved, but a number is appended to the prefix name.

      Parameters:
      name - A desired file name.
      Returns:
      A String that sticks to the naming convention of the given String but is unique in the directory scope of argument name.
    • deriveFile

      public static File deriveFile(File source, String suffix, boolean preserveExtension) throws IOException
      Creates a new file by the contract of File.createTempFile(String, String, File) .

      The resulting file will have the full path and file name without the extension concatenated with the given suffix (if preserveExtension is true also the suffix of the original file will be added to the end).

      Parameters:
      source - the source file to take the name of.
      suffix - the suffix to append.
      preserveExtension - if true the suffix of the source file will be appended to the result file.
      Returns:
      A file derived from the original file name.
      Throws:
      IOException - if something goes wrong.
    • isAllASCII

      public static boolean isAllASCII(File f) throws IOException
      Tests whether the given file only contains ASCII characters if interpreted by reading bytes (16 bit).

      This does not mean that the file is really an ASCII text file. It just might be viewed with an editor showing only valid ASCII characters.

      Parameters:
      f - the file to test.
      Returns:
      true if all bytes in the file are in the ASCII range.
      Throws:
      IOException - on a bad day.
    • isAllASCII

      public static boolean isAllASCII(InputStream in) throws IOException
      Tests wether the given input stream only contains ASCII characters if interpreted by reading bytes (16 bit).

      This does not mean that the underlying content is really an ASCII text file. It just might be viewed with an editor showing only valid ASCII characters.

      Parameters:
      in - the stream to test.
      Returns:
      true if all bytes in the given input stream are in the ASCII range.
      Throws:
      IOException - on a bad day.
    • isEqual

      public static boolean isEqual(File document, Charset a, Charset b) throws IOException
      Tests, whether the content of the given file is identical at character level, when it is opened with both different Charsets.

      This is most often the case, if the given file only contains ASCII codes but may also occur, when both codepages cover common ranges and the document only contains values m_out of those ranges (like the EUC-CN charset contains all mappings from BIG5).

      Parameters:
      document - the file to test.
      a - the first character set to interpret the document in.
      b - the 2nd character set to interpret the document in.
      Returns:
      true if both files have all equal contents if they are interpreted as character data in both given encodings (they may differ at binary level if both charsets are different).
      Throws:
      IOException - if something goes wrong.
    • readCache

      public static InputStream readCache(File f) throws IOException
      Invokes readRAM(File), but decorates the result with a ByteArrayInputStream.

      This means: The complete content of the given File has been loaded before using the returned InputStream. There are no IO-delays afterwards but OutOfMemoryErrors may occur.

      Parameters:
      f - the file to cache.
      Returns:
      an input stream backed by the file read into memory.
      Throws:
      IOException - if something goes wrong.
    • readRAM

      public static byte[] readRAM(File f) throws IOException
      Reads the content of the given File into an array.

      This method currently does not check for maximum length and might cause a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError. It is only intended for performance-measurements of data-based algorithms that want to exclude I/O-usage.

      Parameters:
      f - the file to read.
      Returns:
      the contents of the given file.
      Throws:
      IOException - if something goes wrong.
    • removeDuplicateLineBreaks

      public static void removeDuplicateLineBreaks(File f)
      Removes the duplicate line breaks in the given file.

      Be careful with big files: In order to avoid having to write a tmpfile (cannot read and directly write to the same file) a StringBuffer is used for manipulation. Big files will cost all RAM and terminate VM hard.

      Parameters:
      f - the file to remove duplicate line breaks in.
    • formatFilesize

      public static String formatFilesize(long filesize, Locale locale)
      Returns the formatted file size to Bytes, KB, MB or GB depending on the given value.

      Parameters:
      filesize - in bytes
      locale - the locale to translate the result to (e.g. in France they us
      Returns:
      the formatted filesize to Bytes, KB, MB or GB depending on the given value.