de.smartics.util.io
Class FileFunction

java.lang.Object
  de.smartics.util.io.FileFunction

public final class FileFunction
     
     

      
      extends 
      
      Object
     
     

Functions dealing with Files and Streams.

Method Summary

static void	provideDirectory(File directory) Checks if the given directory exits and if not, creates it.
static File	provideDirectory(String directoryName) Checks if a directory with the given name exits and if not, creates it.
static void	writeToFile(InputStream input, File file) Writes the given stream to the given file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

writeToFile

public static void writeToFile(InputStream input,
                               File file)
                        throws IOException

Writes the given stream to the given file.

Parameters:

input - the stream to read from.

file - the file to write to.

Throws:

IOException - on any problem copying the stream contents to the file.

provideDirectory

public static File provideDirectory(String directoryName)
                             throws IOException

Checks if a directory with the given name exits and if not, creates it.

Parameters:

directoryName - the name of the directory to ensure to exist.

Returns:

a reference to the created file.

Throws:

IOException - if the directory cannot be created.

provideDirectory

public static void provideDirectory(File directory)
                             throws IOException

Checks if the given directory exits and if not, creates it.

Parameters:

directory - the directory to ensure to exist.

Throws:

IOException - if the directory cannot be created.