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package net.sourceforge.cobertura.javancss;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Utility class for file operations.<p>
 *
 * Simple but most commonly used methods of this class are:<br>
 * - {@link #readFile(java.lang.String) readFile}<br>
 * - {@link #concatPath(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) concatPath}<br>
 *
 * Other less frequently used but still handy methods are:<br>
 * - {@link #normalizeFileName(java.lang.String) normalizeFileName} to take the current user directory into account via the 'user.dir' system property<br>
 *
 * @version  $Id: FileUtil.java 384 2006-03-17 20:10:49Z thekingant $
 * @author <a href="http://www.kclee.com/clemens/">
 *         Chr. Clemens Lee</a>
 *         <<a href="mailto:clemens@kclee.com">
 *         clemens@kclee.com
 *         </a>>
 */
public class FileUtil
{

	/**
	 * Utility class which should never instanciate itself.
	 */
	private FileUtil()
	{
		super();
	}

	/**
	 * Concatenates a file path with the file name. If 
	 * necessary it adds a File.separator between the path
	 * and file name. For example "/home" or "/home/" and "clemens" both
	 * become "/home/clemens".<p>
	 *
	 * This method is inspired from the FrIJDE project out
	 * of the gCollins.File.FileTools class.<p>
	 *
	 * FrIJDE Homepage:
	 * http://amber.wpi.edu/~thethe/Document/Besiex/Java/FrIJDE/
	 *
	 * @param    sPath_   a directory path. Is not allowed to be null.
	 * @param    sFile_   the base name of a file.
	 *
	 * @return            sPath_ if sFile_ is empty.
	 */
	private static String concatPath(String sPath_, String sFile_)
	{
		Util.panicIf(sPath_ == null);
		//System.out.println("ccl.util.FileUtil.concatPath(..).sPath_: --->" + sPath_ + "<---");
		//System.out.println("ccl.util.FileUtil.concatPath(..).sFile_: " + sFile_);

		String sRetVal = sPath_;

		if (!Util.isEmpty(sFile_))
		{
			if (sPath_.length() > 0 && !sPath_.endsWith(File.separator))
			{
				sRetVal += File.separator;
			}

			sRetVal += sFile_;
		}

		return sRetVal;
	}

	/**
	 * Reads a File and returns the content in a String.
	 * CRLF -> LF conversion takes place. This is a convenience method so you don't
	 * need to bother creating a file reader object and closing it after it has
	 * been used.
	 *
	 * @param    sFileName_   the name of the file to read.
	 *
	 * @return                a string with the content of the file but without 
	 *                        any CR characters.
	 *
	 * @throws   FileNotFoundException   if file does not exist.
	 * @throws   IOException             if any file operation fails.
	 */
	public static String readFile(String sFileName_) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException
	{
		StringBuffer sFileContent = new StringBuffer(100000);

		try
		{
			FileReader frIni = new FileReader(sFileName_);
			if (frIni != null)
			{
				BufferedReader brIni = new BufferedReader(frIni);
				if (brIni != null)
				{
					while (brIni.ready())
					{
						String sLine = brIni.readLine();
						if (sLine == null)
						{
							break;
						}
						sFileContent.append(sLine).append('\n');
					}
					brIni.close();
				}
				frIni.close();
			}
		}
		catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException)
		{
			throw new FileNotFoundException("No such file: '" + sFileName_ + "'");
		}

		return sFileContent.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * @return It's the canonical path of sFileName_.
	 */
	private static String getAbsoluteFileName(String sFileName_)
	{
		String sRetVal = null;

		try
		{
			File pFile = new File(sFileName_);
			sRetVal = pFile.getCanonicalPath();
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return null;
		}

		return sRetVal;
	}

	/**
	 * This method returns an absolute (canonical)
	 * file name. The difference to getAbsoluteFileName
	 * is that this method uses the system property
	 * "user.dir" instead of the native system's current 
	 * directory. This way you get a chance of changing
	 * the current directory inside Java and let your 
	 * program reflect that change.
	 */
	public static String normalizeFileName(String sFile)
	{
		return normalizeFileName(sFile, (String)System.getProperties().get("user.dir"));
	}

	/**
	 * This method returns an absolute (canonical)
	 * file name. The difference to getAbsoluteFileName
	 * is that this method uses the system property
	 * sUserDir instead of the native system's current 
	 * directory. This way you get a chance of changing
	 * the current directory inside Java and let your 
	 * program reflect that change.
	 */
	private static String normalizeFileName(String sFile, String sUserDir)
	{
		sFile = sFile.trim();
		if (Util.isEmpty(sFile) || sFile.equals("."))
		{
			sFile = sUserDir;
		}
		else if (!FileUtil.isAbsolute(sFile))
		{
			sFile = FileUtil.concatPath(sUserDir, sFile);
		}
		sFile = FileUtil.getAbsoluteFileName(sFile);

		return sFile;
	}

	/**
	 * Tests if the file represented by this File object is an absolute 
	 * pathname. The definition of an absolute pathname is system
	 * dependent. For example, on UNIX, a pathname is absolute if its first
	 * character is the separator character. On Windows
	 * platforms, a pathname is absolute if its first character is an 
	 * ASCII '\' or '/', or if it begins with a letter followed by a colon. 
	 */
	private static boolean isAbsolute(String sFileName_)
	{
		return new File(sFileName_).isAbsolute();
	}

}