anecho.util
Class FileUtils

java.lang.Object
  anecho.util.FileUtils

public class FileUtils
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains some basic file utilities such as recursive directory listings.

Constructor Summary

FileUtils(java.lang.String inputName)
Creates a new instance of FileUtils

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	recursiveList(boolean includeDirs) This method will creative a recursive list of file names.
void	setFile(java.lang.String inputName) Set the file or path to operate on.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileUtils

public FileUtils(java.lang.String inputName)

Creates a new instance of FileUtils

Parameters:

inputName - The file or path name to perform a function on.

Method Detail

setFile

public void setFile(java.lang.String inputName)

Set the file or path to operate on.

Parameters:

inputName - A string representing the file name or path

recursiveList

public java.lang.String[] recursiveList(boolean includeDirs)
                                 throws java.lang.Exception

This method will creative a recursive list of file names. If includeDirs is true, we will include the directories, otherwise the list will only contain files

Parameters:

includeDirs - true - include the directory as a separate entity in the return list

Returns:

A list of entities with represent all the files (and optionally directories) found recursively from our starting point.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - An exception will be thrown if the user specifies a file instead of a directory