net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.file

Class FileUtil

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.file.FileUtil

public class FileUtil
extends Object

Utility class for file operations

Copyright 2010 (C) by Martin Ganserer

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Martin Ganserer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Byte[]	convertToByteArray(byte[] array) Convert a byte[] into a Byte[]
static byte[]	convertToByteArray(Byte[] array) Convert a given Byte[] into a byte[]
static void	copyFile(File sourceFile, File targetFile) Copy file and replace target file if it already exists
static byte[]	getBytesFromFile(File file) Returns the contents of the file in a byte array
static String	getUniqueFileName(String groupName) Get unique file name to save file to central repository

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

copyFile

public static void copyFile(File sourceFile,
                            File targetFile)
                     throws IOException

Copy file and replace target file if it already exists

Parameters:

sourceFile -

targetFile -

Throws:

IOException - if the copy operation has failed

getUniqueFileName

public static String getUniqueFileName(String groupName)

Get unique file name to save file to central repository

Parameters:

groupName - a token in order to distinguish between files that belong to different domain objects

Returns:

the generated fully qualified path and file name

getBytesFromFile

public static byte[] getBytesFromFile(File file)
                               throws IOException

Returns the contents of the file in a byte array

Parameters:

file - the file this method should read data from

Returns:

a byte[] array including the contents of the file

Throws:

IOException - if the content could not be read

convertToByteArray

public static Byte[] convertToByteArray(byte[] array)

Convert a byte[] into a Byte[]

Parameters:

array -

Returns:

the array

convertToByteArray

public static byte[] convertToByteArray(Byte[] array)

Convert a given Byte[] into a byte[]

Parameters:

array -

Returns:

the array