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package org.apache.commons.io;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;

import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.DirectoryFileFilter;
import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.FalseFileFilter;
import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.FileFilterUtils;
import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.IOFileFilter;
import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.SuffixFileFilter;
import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.TrueFileFilter;

/**
 * This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
 *
 * 

Path-related methods

* *

Methods exist to retrieve the components of a typical file path. For example * /www/hosted/mysite/index.html, can be broken into: *

    *
  • /www/hosted/mysite/ -- retrievable through {@link #getPath}
  • *
  • index.html -- retrievable through {@link #removePath}
  • *
  • /www/hosted/mysite/index -- retrievable through {@link #removeExtension}
  • *
  • html -- retrievable through {@link #getExtension}
  • *
* There are also methods to {@link #catPath concatenate two paths}, {@link #resolveFile resolve a * path relative to a File} and {@link #normalize} a path. *

* *

File-related methods

*

* There are methods to create a {@link #toFile File from a URL}, copy a * {@link #copyFileToDirectory File to a directory}, * copy a {@link #copyFile File to another File}, * copy a {@link #copyURLToFile URL's contents to a File}, * as well as methods to {@link #deleteDirectory(File) delete} and {@link #cleanDirectory(File) * clean} a directory. *

* * Common {@link java.io.File} manipulation routines. * *

Origin of code

*
    *
  • commons-utils repo
  • *
  • Alexandria's FileUtils.
  • *
  • Avalon Excalibur's IO.
  • *
* * @author Kevin A. Burton * @author Scott Sanders * @author Daniel Rall * @author Christoph.Reck * @author Peter Donald * @author Jeff Turner * @author Matthew Hawthorne * @author Jeremias Maerki * @version $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.31 2004/04/24 19:46:16 jeremias Exp $ */ public class FileUtils { /** * Instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming. */ public FileUtils() { } /** * The number of bytes in a kilobyte. */ public static final long ONE_KB = 1024; /** * The number of bytes in a megabyte. */ public static final long ONE_MB = ONE_KB * ONE_KB; /** * The number of bytes in a gigabyte. */ public static final long ONE_GB = ONE_KB * ONE_MB; /** * Returns a human-readable version of the file size (original is in * bytes). * * @param size The number of bytes. * @return A human-readable display value (includes units). * @todo need for I18N? */ public static String byteCountToDisplaySize(long size) { String displaySize; if (size / ONE_GB > 0) { displaySize = String.valueOf(size / ONE_GB) + " GB"; } else if (size / ONE_MB > 0) { displaySize = String.valueOf(size / ONE_MB) + " MB"; } else if (size / ONE_KB > 0) { displaySize = String.valueOf(size / ONE_KB) + " KB"; } else { displaySize = String.valueOf(size) + " bytes"; } return displaySize; } /** * Implements the same behaviour as the "touch" utility on Unix. It creates * a new file with size 0 or, if the file exists already, it is opened and * closed without modifying it, but updating the file date and time. * @param file the File to touch * @throws IOException If an I/O problem occurs */ public static void touch(File file) throws IOException { OutputStream out = new java.io.FileOutputStream(file); IOUtils.closeQuietly(out); } private static void innerListFiles(Collection files, File directory, IOFileFilter filter) { File[] found = directory.listFiles((FileFilter)filter); for (int i = 0; i < found.length; i++) { if (found[i].isDirectory()) { innerListFiles(files, found[i], filter); } else { files.add(found[i]); } } } /** * Converts a Collection containing java.io.File instanced into array * representation. This is to account for the difference between * File.listFiles() and FileUtils.listFiles(). * @param files a Collection containing java.io.File instances * @return an array of java.io.File */ public static File[] convertFileCollectionToFileArray(Collection files) { return (File[])files.toArray(new File[files.size()]); } /** *

Finds files within a given directory (and optionally its * subdirectories). All files found are filtered by an IOFileFilter. *

*

If your search should recurse into subdirectories you can pass in * an IOFileFilter for directories. You don't need to bind a * DirectoryFileFilter (via logical AND) to this filter. This method does * that for you. *

*

An example: If you want to search through all directories called * "temp" you pass in FileFilterUtils.NameFileFilter("temp") *

*

Another common usage of this method is find files in a directory * tree but ignoring the directories generated CVS. You can simply pass * in FileFilterUtils.makeCVSAware(null). *

* @param directory the directory to search in * @param fileFilter filter to apply when finding files. * @param dirFilter optional filter to apply when finding subdirectories. * If this parameter is null, subdirectories will not be included in the * search. Use TrueFileFilter.INSTANCE to match all directories. * @return an collection of java.io.File with the matching files * @see org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.FileFilterUtils * @see org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.NameFileFilter */ public static Collection listFiles(File directory, IOFileFilter fileFilter, IOFileFilter dirFilter) { if (!directory.isDirectory()) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter 'directory' is not a directory"); } if (fileFilter == null) { throw new NullPointerException("Parameter 'fileFilter' is null"); } //Setup effective file filter IOFileFilter effFileFilter = FileFilterUtils.andFileFilter(fileFilter, FileFilterUtils.notFileFilter(DirectoryFileFilter.INSTANCE)); //Setup effective directory filter IOFileFilter effDirFilter; if (dirFilter == null) { effDirFilter = FalseFileFilter.INSTANCE; } else { effDirFilter = FileFilterUtils.andFileFilter(dirFilter, DirectoryFileFilter.INSTANCE); } //Find files Collection files = new java.util.LinkedList(); innerListFiles(files, directory, FileFilterUtils.orFileFilter(effFileFilter, effDirFilter)); return files; } /** * Converts an array of file extensions to suffixes for use * with IOFileFilters. * @param extensions an array of extensions. Format: {"java", "xml"} * @return an array of suffixes. Format: {".java", ".xml"} */ private static String[] toSuffixes(String[] extensions) { String[] suffixes = new String[extensions.length]; for (int i = 0; i < extensions.length; i++) { suffixes[i] = "." + extensions[i]; } return suffixes; } /** * Finds files within a given directory (and optionally its subdirectories) * which match an array of extensions. * @param directory the directory to search in * @param extensions an array of extensions, ex. {"java","xml"}. If this * parameter is null, all files are returned. * @param recursive If true all subdirectories are searched, too. * @return an collection of java.io.File with the matching files */ public static Collection listFiles(File directory, String[] extensions, boolean recursive) { IOFileFilter filter; if (extensions == null) { filter = TrueFileFilter.INSTANCE; } else { String[] suffixes = toSuffixes(extensions); filter = new SuffixFileFilter(suffixes); } return listFiles(directory, filter, (recursive ? TrueFileFilter.INSTANCE : FalseFileFilter.INSTANCE)); } /** *

Compare the contents of two files to determine if they are equal or not.

*

Code origin: Avalon

* * @param file1 the first file * @param file2 the second file * @return true if the content of the files are equal or they both don't exist, false otherwise * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error */ public static boolean contentEquals(File file1, File file2) throws IOException { boolean file1Exists = file1.exists(); if (file1Exists != file2.exists()) { return false; } if (!file1Exists) { // two not existing files are equal return true; } if (file1.isDirectory() || file2.isDirectory()) { // don't want to compare directory contents throw new IOException("Can't compare directories, only files"); } InputStream input1 = null; InputStream input2 = null; try { input1 = new java.io.FileInputStream(file1); input2 = new java.io.FileInputStream(file2); return IOUtils.contentEquals(input1, input2); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(input1); IOUtils.closeQuietly(input2); } } /** * Convert from a URL to a File. * @param url File URL. * @return The equivalent File object, or null if the URL's protocol * is not file */ public static File toFile(URL url) { if (url.getProtocol().equals("file") == false) { return null; } else { String filename = url.getFile().replace('/', File.separatorChar); return new File(filename); } } /** * Convert the array of Files into a list of URLs. * * @param files the array of files * @return the array of URLs * @throws IOException if an error occurs */ public static URL[] toURLs(File[] files) throws IOException { URL[] urls = new URL[files.length]; for (int i = 0; i < urls.length; i++) { urls[i] = files[i].toURL(); } return urls; } /** * Copy file from source to destination. If destinationDirectory does not exist, it * (and any parent directories) will be created. If a file source in * destinationDirectory exists, it will be overwritten. * The copy will have the same file date as the original. * * @param source An existing File to copy. * @param destinationDirectory A directory to copy source into. * * @throws FileNotFoundException if source isn't a normal file. * @throws IllegalArgumentException if destinationDirectory isn't a directory. * @throws IOException if source does not exist, the file in * destinationDirectory cannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copying. */ public static void copyFileToDirectory( File source, File destinationDirectory) throws IOException { if (destinationDirectory.exists() && !destinationDirectory.isDirectory()) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Destination is not a directory"); } copyFile(source, new File(destinationDirectory, source.getName()), true); } /** * Copy file from source to destination. The directories up to * destination will be created if they don't already exist. * destination will be overwritten if it already exists. * The copy will have the same file date as the original. * * @param source An existing non-directory File to copy * bytes from. * @param destination A non-directory File to write bytes to * (possibly overwriting). * * @throws IOException if source does not exist, destination cannot be * written to, or an IO error occurs during copying. * * @throws FileNotFoundException if destination is a directory * (use {@link #copyFileToDirectory}). */ public static void copyFile(File source, File destination) throws IOException { copyFile(source, destination, true); } /** * Copy file from source to destination. The directories up to * destination will be created if they don't already exist. * destination will be overwritten if it already exists. * * @param source An existing non-directory File to copy * bytes from. * @param destination A non-directory File to write bytes to * (possibly overwriting). * @param preserveFileDate True if the file date of the copy should be the * same as the original. * * @throws IOException if source does not exist, destination cannot be * written to, or an IO error occurs during copying. * * @throws FileNotFoundException if destination is a directory * (use {@link #copyFileToDirectory}). */ public static void copyFile(File source, File destination, boolean preserveFileDate) throws IOException { //check source exists if (!source.exists()) { String message = "File " + source + " does not exist"; throw new FileNotFoundException(message); } //does destinations directory exist ? if (destination.getParentFile() != null && !destination.getParentFile().exists()) { destination.getParentFile().mkdirs(); } //make sure we can write to destination if (destination.exists() && !destination.canWrite()) { String message = "Unable to open file " + destination + " for writing."; throw new IOException(message); } //makes sure it is not the same file if (source.getCanonicalPath().equals(destination.getCanonicalPath())) { String message = "Unable to write file " + source + " on itself."; throw new IOException(message); } FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream(source); try { FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(destination); try { CopyUtils.copy(input, output); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(output); } } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(input); } if (source.length() != destination.length()) { String message = "Failed to copy full contents from " + source + " to " + destination; throw new IOException(message); } if (preserveFileDate) { //file copy should preserve file date destination.setLastModified(source.lastModified()); } } /** * Copies bytes from the URL source to a file destination. * The directories up to destination will be created if they don't already exist. * destination will be overwritten if it already exists. * * @param source A URL to copy bytes from. * @param destination A non-directory File to write bytes to (possibly * overwriting). * * @throws IOException if *
    *
  • source URL cannot be opened
  • *
  • destination cannot be written to
  • *
  • an IO error occurs during copying
  • *
*/ public static void copyURLToFile(URL source, File destination) throws IOException { //does destination directory exist ? if (destination.getParentFile() != null && !destination.getParentFile().exists()) { destination.getParentFile().mkdirs(); } //make sure we can write to destination if (destination.exists() && !destination.canWrite()) { String message = "Unable to open file " + destination + " for writing."; throw new IOException(message); } InputStream input = source.openStream(); try { FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(destination); try { CopyUtils.copy(input, output); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(output); } } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(input); } } /** * Recursively delete a directory. * @param directory directory to delete * @throws IOException in case deletion is unsuccessful */ public static void deleteDirectory(File directory) throws IOException { if (!directory.exists()) { return; } cleanDirectory(directory); if (!directory.delete()) { String message = "Unable to delete directory " + directory + "."; throw new IOException(message); } } /** * Clean a directory without deleting it. * @param directory directory to clean * @throws IOException in case cleaning is unsuccessful */ public static void cleanDirectory(File directory) throws IOException { if (!directory.exists()) { String message = directory + " does not exist"; throw new IllegalArgumentException(message); } if (!directory.isDirectory()) { String message = directory + " is not a directory"; throw new IllegalArgumentException(message); } IOException exception = null; File[] files = directory.listFiles(); for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) { File file = files[i]; try { forceDelete(file); } catch (IOException ioe) { exception = ioe; } } if (null != exception) { throw exception; } } /** * Waits for NFS to propagate a file creation, imposing a timeout. * * @param file The file * @param seconds The maximum time in seconds to wait. * @return True if file exists. * TODO Needs a clearer javadoc to see its real purpose for someone without * NFS-knowledge. */ public static boolean waitFor(File file, int seconds) { int timeout = 0; int tick = 0; while (!file.exists()) { if (tick++ >= 10) { tick = 0; if (timeout++ > seconds) { return false; } } try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch (InterruptedException ignore) {} catch (Exception ex) { break; } } return true; } /** *

* Reads the contents of a file into a String. *

*

* There is no readFileToString method without encoding parameter because * the default encoding can differ between platforms and therefore results * in inconsistent results. *

* * @param file the file to read. * @param encoding the encoding to use * @return The file contents or null if read failed. * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the encoding is not supported * by the VM */ public static String readFileToString( File file, String encoding) throws IOException { InputStream in = new java.io.FileInputStream(file); try { return IOUtils.toString(in, encoding); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(in); } } /** *

* Writes data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist. *

*

* There is no readFileToString method without encoding parameter because * the default encoding can differ between platforms and therefore results * in inconsistent results. *

* * @param file the file to write. * @param data The content to write to the file. * @param encoding encoding to use * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the encoding is not supported * by the VM */ public static void writeStringToFile(File file, String data, String encoding) throws IOException { OutputStream out = new java.io.FileOutputStream(file); try { out.write(data.getBytes(encoding)); } finally { IOUtils.closeQuietly(out); } } /** *

* Delete a file. If file is a directory, delete it and all sub-directories. *

*

* The difference between File.delete() and this method are: *

*
    *
  • A directory to be deleted does not have to be empty.
  • *
  • You get exceptions when a file or directory cannot be deleted. * (java.io.File methods returns a boolean)
  • *
* @param file file or directory to delete. * @throws IOException in case deletion is unsuccessful */ public static void forceDelete(File file) throws IOException { if (file.isDirectory()) { deleteDirectory(file); } else { if (!file.exists()) { throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + file); } if (!file.delete()) { String message = "Unable to delete file: " + file; throw new IOException(message); } } } /** * Schedule a file to be deleted when JVM exits. * If file is directory delete it and all sub-directories. * @param file file or directory to delete. * @throws IOException in case deletion is unsuccessful */ public static void forceDeleteOnExit(File file) throws IOException { if (file.isDirectory()) { deleteDirectoryOnExit(file); } else { file.deleteOnExit(); } } /** * Recursively schedule directory for deletion on JVM exit. * @param directory directory to delete. * @throws IOException in case deletion is unsuccessful */ private static void deleteDirectoryOnExit(File directory) throws IOException { if (!directory.exists()) { return; } cleanDirectoryOnExit(directory); directory.deleteOnExit(); } /** * Clean a directory without deleting it. * @param directory directory to clean. * @throws IOException in case cleaning is unsuccessful */ private static void cleanDirectoryOnExit(File directory) throws IOException { if (!directory.exists()) { String message = directory + " does not exist"; throw new IllegalArgumentException(message); } if (!directory.isDirectory()) { String message = directory + " is not a directory"; throw new IllegalArgumentException(message); } IOException exception = null; File[] files = directory.listFiles(); for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) { File file = files[i]; try { forceDeleteOnExit(file); } catch (IOException ioe) { exception = ioe; } } if (null != exception) { throw exception; } } /** * Make a directory. If there already exists a file with specified name or * the directory cannot be created then an exception is thrown. * @param directory directory to create * @throws IOException if the directory cannot be created. */ public static void forceMkdir(File directory) throws IOException { if (directory.exists()) { if (directory.isFile()) { String message = "File " + directory + " exists and is " + "not a directory. Unable to create directory."; throw new IOException(message); } } else { if (false == directory.mkdirs()) { String message = "Unable to create directory " + directory; throw new IOException(message); } } } /** * Recursively count size of a directory (sum of the length of all files). * * @param directory directory to inspect * @return size of directory in bytes. */ public static long sizeOfDirectory(File directory) { if (!directory.exists()) { String message = directory + " does not exist"; throw new IllegalArgumentException(message); } if (!directory.isDirectory()) { String message = directory + " is not a directory"; throw new IllegalArgumentException(message); } long size = 0; File[] files = directory.listFiles(); for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) { File file = files[i]; if (file.isDirectory()) { size += sizeOfDirectory(file); } else { size += file.length(); } } return size; } /** * Tests if the specified File is newer than the reference * File. * * @param file the File of which the modification date must be compared * @param reference the File of which the modification date is used * like reference * @return true if the File exists and has been modified more recently * than the reference File. */ public static boolean isFileNewer(File file, File reference) { if (reference == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("No specified reference file"); } if (!reference.exists()) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("The reference file '" + file + "' doesn't exist"); } return isFileNewer(file, reference.lastModified()); } /** * Tests if the specified File is newer than the specified * Date * * @param file the File of which the modification date must be compared * @param date the date reference * @return true if the File exists and has been modified after * the given Date. */ public static boolean isFileNewer(File file, Date date) { if (date == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("No specified date"); } return isFileNewer(file, date.getTime()); } /** * Tests if the specified File is newer than the specified * time reference. * * @param file the File of which the modification date must be compared. * @param timeMillis the time reference measured in milliseconds since the epoch * (00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970) * @return true if the File exists and has been modified after * the given time reference. */ public static boolean isFileNewer(File file, long timeMillis) { if (file == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("No specified file"); } if (!file.exists()) { return false; } return file.lastModified() > timeMillis; } }
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