de.julielab.java.utilities

Class CompressionUtilities

java.lang.Object

de.julielab.java.utilities.CompressionUtilities

public class CompressionUtilities
extends Object

Utility class to work with compressed files. Note that the dependency for the jarchivelib project is set with scope provided. Thus, the dependency will not automatically be introduced into a project depending on this project. This is done to keep transitive dependencies at a minimum.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CompressionUtilities()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static File	extract(File from, File to, boolean deleteArchive) Extracts the given file into the given directory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CompressionUtilities

public CompressionUtilities()

Method Detail

extract

public static File extract(File from,
                           File to,
                           boolean deleteArchive)
                    throws IOException

Extracts the given file into the given directory. Returns a file to the extraction point of the first archive entry. This is for convenience if the archive contains a directory for quick access. The archive format is automatically determined by the underlying (de)compression library.

Parameters:

from - An archive file.

to - The directory to extract the archive to.

deleteArchive - Whether the archive file should be deleted after extraction.

Returns:

The path to the extracted first entry of the archive.

Throws:

IOException - If the archive cannot be read or files cannot be created or deleted.