org.dbunit.util
Class FileHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.dbunit.util.FileHelper

public class FileHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Utility that provides some general methods for working with File objects.

Since:

2.3.0

Version:

$Revision: 884 $

Author:

gommma

Method Summary

static void	copyFile(java.io.File srcFile, java.io.File destFile) Copy file.
static org.xml.sax.InputSource	createInputSource(java.io.File file)
static boolean	deleteDirectory(java.io.File directory) Recursively deletes the given directory
static void	deleteDirectory(java.io.File directory, boolean failOnError) Recursively deletes the given directory
static java.util.List	readLines(java.io.File theFile) Get a list of Strings from a given file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

deleteDirectory

public static void deleteDirectory(java.io.File directory,
                                   boolean failOnError)

Recursively deletes the given directory

Parameters:

directory - The directory to delete

failOnError - If an exception should be thrown in case the deletion did not work.

deleteDirectory

public static boolean deleteDirectory(java.io.File directory)

Recursively deletes the given directory

Parameters:

directory - The directory to delete

Returns:

true if the deletion was successfully.

createInputSource

public static org.xml.sax.InputSource createInputSource(java.io.File file)
                                                 throws java.net.MalformedURLException

Throws:

java.net.MalformedURLException

copyFile

public static void copyFile(java.io.File srcFile,
                            java.io.File destFile)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Copy file.

Parameters:

srcFile - the src file

destFile - the dest file

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readLines

public static java.util.List readLines(java.io.File theFile)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Get a list of Strings from a given file. Uses the default encoding of the current platform.

Parameters:

theFile - the file to be read

Returns:

a list of Strings, each one representing one line from the given file

Throws:

java.io.IOException