Package io.github.erdos.stencil.impl

Class FileHelper

java.lang.Object

io.github.erdos.stencil.impl.FileHelper

public final class FileHelper
extends Object

File handling utilities. Some methods may be called from Clojure core.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static File	createNonexistentTempFile(File parent, String prefix, String suffix)
static File	createNonexistentTempFile(String prefix, String suffix)	Creates a temporary file that is guaranteed not to exist on file system.
static String	extension(File f)
static String	extension(String filename)
static void	forceDelete(File file)	Recursively deletes a directory or a file.
static void	forceMkdir(File directory)	Creates a directory.
static String	removeExtension(File f)	Returns file name without extension part.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

extension

public static String extension(File f)

extension

public static String extension(String filename)

removeExtension

public static String removeExtension(File f)

Returns file name without extension part.

Returns:

simple file name without extension.

Throws:

NullPointerException - the input is null

createNonexistentTempFile

public static File createNonexistentTempFile(String prefix,
 String suffix)

Creates a temporary file that is guaranteed not to exist on file system.

Parameters:

prefix - file name starts with this file

suffix - file name ends with this file

Returns:

a new file object pointing to a non-existing file in temp directory.

createNonexistentTempFile

public static File createNonexistentTempFile(File parent,
 String prefix,
 String suffix)

forceMkdir

public static void forceMkdir(File directory)
                       throws IOException

Creates a directory. Recursively creates parent directories too.

Parameters:

directory - not null dir to create

Throws:

IOException - on IO error

IllegalArgumentException - when input is null or already exists

forceDelete

public static void forceDelete(File file)

Recursively deletes a directory or a file.

Parameters:

file - to delete, not null

Throws:

NullPointerException - on null or invalid file