Scala example source code file (package.scala)

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The Scala package.scala source code

/* NEST (New Scala Test)
 * Copyright 2007-2011 LAMP/EPFL
 */

package scala.tools
package partest

import java.util.{ Timer, TimerTask }
import java.io.StringWriter
import nsc.io._

/** Misc code still looking for a good home.
 */
package object util {
  
  def allPropertiesString() = javaHashtableToString(System.getProperties)

  private def javaHashtableToString(table: java.util.Hashtable[_,_]) = {
    import collection.JavaConversions._
    (table.toList map { case (k, v) => "%s -> %s\n".format(k, v) }).sorted mkString
  }
  
  def filesToSet(pre: String, fs: List[String]): Set[AbstractFile] =
    fs flatMap (x => Option(AbstractFile getFile (Path(pre) / x).path)) toSet
  
  /** Copies one Path to another Path, trying to be sensible when one or the
   *  other is a Directory.  Returns true if it believes it succeeded.
   */
  def copyPath(from: Path, to: Path): Boolean = {
    if (!to.parent.isDirectory)
      to.parent.createDirectory(force = true)
    
    def copyDir = {
      val sub = to / from.name createDirectory true
      from.toDirectory.list forall (x => copyPath(x, sub))
    }
    (from.isDirectory, to.isDirectory) match {
      case (true, true)   => copyDir
      case (true, false)  => false
      case (false, true)  => from.toFile copyTo (to / from.name)
      case (false, false) => from.toFile copyTo to
    }
  }

  /**
  * Compares two files using a Java implementation of the GNU diff
  * available at http://www.bmsi.com/java/#diff.
  *
  * @param  f1  the first file to be compared
  * @param  f2  the second file to be compared
  * @return the text difference between the compared files
  */
  def diffFiles(f1: File, f2: File): String = {
    val diffWriter = new StringWriter
    val args = Array(f1.toAbsolute.path, f2.toAbsolute.path)

    io.DiffPrint.doDiff(args, diffWriter)
    val result = diffWriter.toString
    if (result == "No differences") "" else result
  }
}