com.faunos.util.boot
Class FileResolver

java.lang.Object
  com.faunos.util.boot.FileResolver

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractFileResolver

public abstract class FileResolver
extends Object

An abstraction for resolving filepaths. A FileResolver implementation never actually creates a file. It does however provide certain guarantees that a file can indeed be created or opened.

Nested Class Summary

static class

FileResolver.Constraints

Constructor Summary

FileResolver()

Method Summary

abstract File	resolve(String path, FileResolver.Constraints arg) Resolves and returns a file that satisfies the specified constraints, or null, if the constraints cannot be satisfied.
File	resolveDirectory(String path)
File	resolveExistingDirectory(String path)
File	resolveExistingFile(String path)
File	resolveFile(String path)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileResolver

public FileResolver()

Method Detail

resolveDirectory

public final File resolveDirectory(String path)

resolveExistingDirectory

public final File resolveExistingDirectory(String path)

resolveFile

public final File resolveFile(String path)

resolveExistingFile

public final File resolveExistingFile(String path)

resolve

public abstract File resolve(String path,
                             FileResolver.Constraints arg)

Resolves and returns a file that satisfies the specified constraints, or null, if the constraints cannot be satisfied.