de.intarsys.tools.file
Class AttachmentTools

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.tools.file.AttachmentTools

public class AttachmentTools
extends Object

Utility methods to handle attachment relationships between files.

Constructor Summary

AttachmentTools()

Method Summary

static List	createAttachments(File master, File[] files, String extensions) Create a list of File instances selected from the array of candidates that are recognized as attachments to file.
static List	createAttachments(File master, String extensions) Find all attachments to master.
static void	deleteAttachments(List attachments)
static File	moveAttachment(File master, File attachment, File movedFile, boolean delete)
static List	moveAttachments(File master, List attachments, File movedFile, boolean delete)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttachmentTools

public AttachmentTools()

Method Detail

createAttachments

public static List createAttachments(File master,
                                     File[] files,
                                     String extensions)

Create a list of File instances selected from the array of candidates that are recognized as attachments to file.

The attachments are selected using a ";" separated list of suffixes (including the ".").

A file is accepted as an attachment if it has an attachment suffix and the file base name is either the same as the target filename or target file base name.
foo.bar foo.bar.suffix (accepted) foo.suffix (accepted) foo.txt (rejected)

All checks are case insensitive.

Parameters:

master -

files -

extensions -

Returns:

a list of File instances selected from the array of candidates that are recognized as attachments to file.

createAttachments

public static List createAttachments(File master,
                                     String extensions)

Find all attachments to master. Attachments are defined to be all files in the same directory as master that satisfy one of the extensions.

Parameters:

master -

extensions -

Returns:

all attachments to master

deleteAttachments

public static void deleteAttachments(List attachments)

moveAttachment

public static File moveAttachment(File master,
                                  File attachment,
                                  File movedFile,
                                  boolean delete)

moveAttachments

public static List moveAttachments(File master,
                                   List attachments,
                                   File movedFile,
                                   boolean delete)