public interface FileObject
All methods in this interface might throw a SecurityException if a security exception occurs.
Unless explicitly allowed, all methods in this interface might
throw a NullPointerException if given a null
argument.
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
boolean |
delete () |
Deletes this file object.
|
CharSequence |
getCharContent (boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) |
Gets the character content of this file object, if available.
|
long |
getLastModified () |
Gets the time this file object was last modified.
|
String |
getName () |
Gets a user-friendly name for this file object.
|
InputStream |
openInputStream () |
Gets an InputStream for this file object.
|
OutputStream |
openOutputStream () |
Gets an OutputStream for this file object.
|
Reader |
openReader (boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) |
Gets a reader for this object.
|
Writer |
openWriter () |
Gets a Writer for this file object.
|
URI |
toUri () |
Returns a URI identifying this file object.
|
URI toUri()
String getName()
"BobsApp\Test.java"
on
the command line, this method should return "BobsApp\Test.java"
whereas the toUri
method might return file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/UncleBob/BobsApp/Test.java
.InputStream openInputStream() throws IOException
IllegalStateException
- if this file object was
opened for writing and does not support readingUnsupportedOperationException
- if this kind of file
object does not support byte accessIOException
- if an I/O error occurredOutputStream openOutputStream() throws IOException
IllegalStateException
- if this file object was
opened for reading and does not support writingUnsupportedOperationException
- if this kind of
file object does not support byte accessIOException
- if an I/O error occurredReader openReader(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) throws IOException
ignoreEncodingErrors
is true.ignoreEncodingErrors
- ignore encoding errors if trueIllegalStateException
- if this file object was
opened for writing and does not support readingUnsupportedOperationException
- if this kind of
file object does not support character accessIOException
- if an I/O error occurredCharSequence getCharContent(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) throws IOException
ignoreEncodingErrors
is true.ignoreEncodingErrors
- ignore encoding errors if truenull
otherwiseIllegalStateException
- if this file object was
opened for writing and does not support readingUnsupportedOperationException
- if this kind of
file object does not support character accessIOException
- if an I/O error occurredWriter openWriter() throws IOException
IllegalStateException
- if this file object was
opened for reading and does not support writingUnsupportedOperationException
- if this kind of
file object does not support character accessIOException
- if an I/O error occurredlong getLastModified()
boolean delete()
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