Class FileUtils
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/index-- retrievable throughremoveExtension(java.lang.String)html-- retrievable throughgetExtension(java.lang.String)
File-related methods
There are methods to create a File from a URL, copy a
File to another File,
copy a URL's contents to a File,
as well as methods to delete and clean a directory.
Common File manipulation routines.
Taken from the commons-utils repo. Also code from Alexandria's FileUtils. And from Avalon Excalibur's IO. And from Ant.
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Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionstatic voidcleanDirectory(File directory) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.cleanDirectory()static booleancontentEquals(File file1, File file2) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.contentEquals()static voidcopyDirectory(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyDirectory()static voidcopyDirectory(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory, String includes, String excludes) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyDirectory()static voidcopyDirectoryStructure(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyDirectory()static voidDeprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.copy(source.toPath(), destination.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)static voidcopyFile(File from, File to, String encoding, FileUtils.FilterWrapper... wrappers) Deprecated.useorg.apache.maven.shared.filtering.FilteringUtils.copyFile()insteadstatic voidcopyFile(File from, File to, String encoding, FileUtils.FilterWrapper[] wrappers, boolean overwrite) Deprecated.useorg.apache.maven.shared.filtering.FilteringUtils.copyFile()insteadstatic voidcopyFileToDirectory(File source, File destinationDirectory) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory()static voidcopyURLToFile(URL source, File destination) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.copy(source.openStream(), destination.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)static FilecreateSymbolicLink(File symlink, File target) Create a new symbolic link, possibly replacing an existing symbolic link.static FilecreateTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.createTempFile()static voidDeprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.delete(file.toPath())static voiddeleteDirectory(File directory) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteDirectory()static voiddeleteDirectory(String directory) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteDirectory()static booleandeleteLegacyStyle(File file) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.delete(file.toPath())static StringDeprecated.usePaths.get(path).getParent().getName()static StringDeprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.getExtensionstatic voidfileAppend(String fileName, String data) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(filename, data.getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.APPEND, StandardOpenOption.CREATE)static voidfileAppend(String fileName, String encoding, String data) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(filename, data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.APPEND, StandardOpenOption.CREATE)static voidfileDelete(String fileName) Deprecated.useFiles.delete(Paths.get(fileName))static booleanfileExists(String fileName) Deprecated.usejava.io.File.exists()static StringDeprecated.usePaths.get(path).getName()static StringDeprecated.usenew String(java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()))static StringDeprecated.usenew String(java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()), encoding)static StringDeprecated.usenew String(java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(file))static String[]fileReadArray(File file) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.readAllLines()static voidDeprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(file.toPath(), data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)static voidDeprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(filename, data.getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)static voidDeprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(Paths.get(filename), data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)static voidfileWriteArray(File file, String... data) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(file.toPath(), data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)static voidfileWriteArray(File file, String encoding, String... data) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(file.toPath(), data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)static voidforceDelete(File file) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteQuietly()static voidforceDelete(String file) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteQuietly()static voidforceMkdir(File file) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.forceMkdir()static String[]static StringgetDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir) Return the paths to the subdirectories in a directory, relative to the base directory.getDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir, boolean isCaseSensitive) Return the paths to the subdirectories in a directory, relative to the base directory.static StringgetExtension(String filename) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.getExtension()getFileAndDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir, boolean isCaseSensitive, boolean getFiles, boolean getDirectories) Return the paths to the files in a directory, relative to the base directory.getFileNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir) Return a list of the files inside a base directory as relative paths from the base.Return a list of the files inside a base directory as relative paths from the base, using inclusion and exclusion Ant patterns, including the directory name in each of the files.Return a list of the files inside a base directory as relative paths from the base, using inclusion and exclusion Ant patterns.static String[]getFilesFromExtension(String directory, String... extensions) Given a directory and an array of extensions return an array of compliant files.static booleanisSymbolicLink(File file) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath())static booleanisSymbolicLinkForSure(File file) Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath())Deprecated.assumes the platform default character setstatic voidDeprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Paths.get(dir))static StringDeprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.normalize()static StringremoveExtension(String filename) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.removeExtension()static voidDeprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.move()static FileresolveFile(File baseFile, String filename) Resolve a filefilenameto its canonical form.static longsizeOfDirectory(File directory) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.sizeOf()static longsizeOfDirectory(String directory) Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.sizeOf()static FileConvert from aURLto aFile.static URL[]Convert the array of Files into a list of URLs.
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Constructor Details
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FileUtils
protected FileUtils()Protected constructor.
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Method Details
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getDefaultExcludes
- Returns:
- the default excludes pattern
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getDefaultExcludesAsList
- Returns:
- the default excludes pattern as list
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getDefaultExcludesAsString
- Returns:
- the default excludes pattern as comma separated string
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dirname
Deprecated.usePaths.get(path).getParent().getName()Returns the directory path portion of a file specification string. Matches the equally named unix command.- Parameters:
path- the file path- Returns:
- the directory portion excluding the ending file separator
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filename
Deprecated.usePaths.get(path).getName()Returns the filename portion of a path.- Parameters:
path- the file path- Returns:
- the filename string with extension
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extension
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.getExtensionReturns the extension portion of a file path. This is everything after the last dot '.' in the path (NOT including the dot).- Parameters:
path- the file path- Returns:
- the extension of the file
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fileExists
Deprecated.usejava.io.File.exists()Check if a file exists.- Parameters:
fileName- the file path- Returns:
- true if file exists
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fileRead
Deprecated.usenew String(java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(file))Note: the file content is read with platform encoding.- Parameters:
file- the file path- Returns:
- the file content using the platform encoding
- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileRead
Deprecated.usenew String(java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()))Note: the file content is read with platform encoding.- Parameters:
file- the file path- Returns:
- the file content using the platform encoding
- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileRead
Deprecated.usenew String(java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()), encoding)- Parameters:
file- the file pathencoding- the wanted encoding- Returns:
- the file content using the specified encoding
- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileReadArray
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.readAllLines()- Parameters:
file- the file path- Returns:
- the file content lines as String[] using the system default encoding. An empty List if the file doesn't exist.
- Throws:
IOException- in case of failure
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fileAppend
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(filename, data.getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.APPEND, StandardOpenOption.CREATE)Appends data to a file. The file is created if it does not exist. Note: the data is written with platform encoding.- Parameters:
fileName- the path of the file to writedata- the content to write to the file- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileAppend
@Deprecated public static void fileAppend(String fileName, String encoding, String data) throws IOException Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(filename, data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.APPEND, StandardOpenOption.CREATE)Appends data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist.- Parameters:
fileName- the path of the file to writeencoding- the encoding of the filedata- the content to write to the file- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileWrite
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(filename, data.getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)Writes data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist. Note: the data is written with platform encoding.- Parameters:
fileName- the path of the file to writedata- the content to write to the file- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileWrite
@Deprecated public static void fileWrite(String fileName, String encoding, String data) throws IOException Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(Paths.get(filename), data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)Writes data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist.- Parameters:
fileName- the path of the file to writeencoding- the encoding of the filedata- the content to write to the file- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileWrite
@Deprecated public static void fileWrite(File file, String encoding, String data) throws IOException Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(file.toPath(), data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)Writes data to a file. The file will be created if it does not exist.- Parameters:
file- the path of the file to writeencoding- the encoding of the filedata- the content to write to the file- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileWriteArray
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(file.toPath(), data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)Writes String array data to a file in the systems default encoding. The file will be created if it does not exist.- Parameters:
file- the path of the file to writedata- the content to write to the file- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileWriteArray
@Deprecated public static void fileWriteArray(File file, String encoding, String... data) throws IOException Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.write(file.toPath(), data.getBytes(encoding), StandardOpenOption.CREATE)Writes String array data to a file. The file is created if it does not exist.- Parameters:
file- the path of the file to writeencoding- the encoding of the filedata- the content to write to the file- Throws:
IOException- if any
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fileDelete
Deprecated.useFiles.delete(Paths.get(fileName))Deletes a file.- Parameters:
fileName- the path of the file to delete
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getFilesFromExtension
Given a directory and an array of extensions return an array of compliant files.The given extensions should be like "java" and not like ".java".
- Parameters:
directory- the path of the directoryextensions- an array of expected extensions- Returns:
- an array of files for the wanted extensions
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mkdir
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Paths.get(dir))Simple way to make a directory.- Parameters:
dir- the directory to create- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException- if the dir contains illegal Windows characters under Windows OS- See Also:
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contentEquals
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.contentEquals()Compare the contents of two files to determine if they are equal or not.- Parameters:
file1- the first filefile2- the second file- Returns:
- true if the content of the files are equal or they both don't exist, false otherwise
- Throws:
IOException- if any
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toFile
Convert from aURLto aFile.- Parameters:
url- file URL- Returns:
- the equivalent
Fileobject, ornullif the URL's protocol is notfile
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toURLs
Convert the array of Files into a list of URLs.- Parameters:
files- the array of files- Returns:
- the array of URLs
- Throws:
IOException- if an error occurs
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removeExtension
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.removeExtension()Remove extension from a path. E.g.foo.txt → foo a\b\c.jpg → a\b\c a\b\c → a\b\c
- Parameters:
filename- the path of the file- Returns:
- the filename minus extension
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getExtension
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.getExtension()Get extension from a path. E.g.foo.txt → "txt" a\b\c.jpg → "jpg" a\b\c → ""
- Parameters:
filename- the path of the file- Returns:
- the extension of filename or "" if none
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copyFileToDirectory
@Deprecated public static void copyFileToDirectory(File source, File destinationDirectory) throws IOException Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory()Copy file from source to destination. IfdestinationDirectorydoes not exist, it (and any parent directories) will be created. If a filesourceindestinationDirectoryexists, it will be overwritten.- Parameters:
source- an existingFileto copydestinationDirectory- a directory to copysourceinto- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException- ifdestinationDirectoryisn't a directoryIOException- ifsourcedoes not exist, the file indestinationDirectorycannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copyingFileNotFoundException- ifsourceisn't a normal file
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copyFile
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.copy(source.toPath(), destination.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)Copy file from source to destination. The directories up todestinationwill be created if they don't already exist.destinationwill be overwritten if it already exists.- Parameters:
source- an existing non-directoryFileto copy bytes fromdestination- a non-directoryFileto write bytes to (possibly overwriting)- Throws:
IOException- ifsourcedoes not exist,destinationcannot be written to, or an IO error occurs during copyingFileNotFoundException- ifdestinationis a directory
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copyURLToFile
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.copy(source.openStream(), destination.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)Copies bytes from the URLsourceto a filedestination. The directories up todestinationwill be created if they don't already exist.destinationwill be overwritten if it already exists.- Parameters:
source- aURLto copy bytes fromdestination- a non-directoryFileto write bytes to (possibly overwriting)- Throws:
IOException- ifsourceURL cannot be openeddestinationcannot be written to- an IO error occurs during copying
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normalize
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils.normalize()Normalize a path. Eliminates "/../" and "/./" in a string. Returnsnullif the ..'s went past the root. Eg:/foo// → /foo/ /foo/./ → /foo/ /foo/../bar → /bar /foo/../bar/ → /bar/ /foo/../bar/../baz → /baz //foo//./bar → /foo/bar /../ → null
- Parameters:
path- the path to normalize- Returns:
- the normalized String, or
nullif too many ..'s
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resolveFile
Resolve a filefilenameto its canonical form. Iffilenameis relative (doesn't start with/), it is resolved relative tobaseFile. Otherwise it is treated as a normal root-relative path.- Parameters:
baseFile- where to resolvefilenamefrom, iffilenameis relativefilename- absolute or relative file path to resolve- Returns:
- the canonical
Fileoffilename
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forceDelete
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteQuietly()Delete a file. If file is directory, delete it and all sub-directories.- Parameters:
file- the file path- Throws:
IOException- if any
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forceDelete
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteQuietly()Delete a file. If file is directory, delete it and all sub-directories.- Parameters:
file- a file- Throws:
IOException- if any
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delete
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.delete(file.toPath())Deletes a file.- Parameters:
file- the file to delete- Throws:
IOException- if the file cannot be deleted
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deleteLegacyStyle
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.delete(file.toPath())- Parameters:
file- the file- Returns:
- true / false
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forceMkdir
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.forceMkdir()Make a directory.- Parameters:
file- not null- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException- if the file contains illegal Windows characters under Windows OSIOException- if a file already exists with the specified name or the directory is unable to be created- See Also:
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deleteDirectory
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteDirectory()Recursively delete a directory.- Parameters:
directory- a directory- Throws:
IOException- if any
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deleteDirectory
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteDirectory()Recursively delete a directory.- Parameters:
directory- a directory- Throws:
IOException- if any
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cleanDirectory
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.cleanDirectory()Remove all files from a directory without deleting it.- Parameters:
directory- a directory- Throws:
IOException- if any. This can leave cleaning in a half-finished state where some but not all files have been deleted.
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sizeOfDirectory
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.sizeOf()Recursively count size of a directory.- Parameters:
directory- a directory- Returns:
- size of directory in bytes
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sizeOfDirectory
Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.sizeOf()Recursively count size of a directory.- Parameters:
directory- a directory- Returns:
- size of directory in bytes
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getFiles
public static List<File> getFiles(File directory, String includes, String excludes) throws IOException Return a list of the files inside a base directory as relative paths from the base, using inclusion and exclusion Ant patterns, including the directory name in each of the files. This is recursive and descends into subdirectories. However it does not include the subdirectories themselves in the returned list. This method uses case sensitive file names.- Parameters:
directory- the directory to scanincludes- the Ant includes pattern, comma separatedexcludes- the Ant excludes pattern, comma separated- Returns:
- a list of File objects
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IOException- never- See Also:
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getFiles
public static List<File> getFiles(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir) throws IOException Return a list of the files inside a base directory as relative paths from the base, using inclusion and exclusion Ant patterns. This is recursive and descends into subdirectories. However it does not include the subdirectories themselves in the returned list. This method uses case sensitive file names.- Parameters:
directory- the directory to scanincludes- the includes pattern, comma separatedexcludes- the excludes pattern, comma separatedincludeBasedir- true to include the base dir in each file- Returns:
- a list of File objects
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IOException- never- See Also:
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getFileNames
public static List<String> getFileNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir) throws IOException Return a list of the files inside a base directory as relative paths from the base. This is recursive and descends into subdirectories. However it does not include the subdirectories themselves in the returned list. This method uses case sensitive file names.- Parameters:
directory- the directory to scanincludes- the Ant includes pattern, comma separatedexcludes- the Ant excludes pattern, comma separatedincludeBasedir- true to include the base directory in each String of file- Returns:
- a list of file names
- Throws:
IOException- never
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getDirectoryNames
public static List<String> getDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir) throws IOException Return the paths to the subdirectories in a directory, relative to the base directory. This is recursive and descends into subdirectories. This method use case sensitive file name.- Parameters:
directory- the base directory to searchincludes- the Ant includes pattern, comma separatedexcludes- the Ant excludes pattern, comma separatedincludeBasedir- true to include the base directory at the start of each path- Returns:
- a list of relative paths of directories
- Throws:
IOException- never
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getDirectoryNames
public static List<String> getDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir, boolean isCaseSensitive) throws IOException Return the paths to the subdirectories in a directory, relative to the base directory. This is recursive and descends into subdirectories.- Parameters:
directory- the base directory to searchincludes- the Ant includes pattern, comma separatedexcludes- the Ant excludes pattern, comma separatedincludeBasedir- true to include the base directory at the start of each pathisCaseSensitive- true if the includes and excludes are case sensitive- Returns:
- a list of relative paths of directories
- Throws:
IOException- never
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getFileAndDirectoryNames
public static List<String> getFileAndDirectoryNames(File directory, String includes, String excludes, boolean includeBasedir, boolean isCaseSensitive, boolean getFiles, boolean getDirectories) Return the paths to the files in a directory, relative to the base directory. This is recursive and descends into subdirectories.- Parameters:
directory- the directory to scanincludes- the Ant includes pattern, comma separatedexcludes- the Ant excludes pattern, comma separatedincludeBasedir- true to include the base directory at the start of each pathisCaseSensitive- true if the includes and excludes are case sensitivegetFiles- true to include regular files in the listgetDirectories- true to include directories in the list- Returns:
- a list of relative paths
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copyDirectory
@Deprecated public static void copyDirectory(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory) throws IOException Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyDirectory()Copy the contents of a directory into another one.- Parameters:
sourceDirectory- the source directory. If the source does not exist, the method simply returns.destinationDirectory- the target directory; will be created if it doesn't exist- Throws:
IOException- if any
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copyDirectory
@Deprecated public static void copyDirectory(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory, String includes, String excludes) throws IOException Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyDirectory()Copy the contents of a directory into another one.- Parameters:
sourceDirectory- the source directorydestinationDirectory- the target directoryincludes- ant include patternexcludes- ant exclude pattern- Throws:
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copyDirectoryStructure
@Deprecated public static void copyDirectoryStructure(File sourceDirectory, File destinationDirectory) throws IOException Deprecated.useorg.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyDirectory()Copies an entire directory structure.Note:
- It will include empty directories.
- The
sourceDirectorymust exist.
- Parameters:
sourceDirectory- the existing directory to be copieddestinationDirectory- the new directory to be created- Throws:
IOException- if any
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rename
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.move()Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.This will remove
to(if it exists), ensure thatto's parent directory exists and movefrom, which involves deletingfromas well.- Parameters:
from- the file to moveto- the new file name- Throws:
IOException- if anything bad happens during this process. Note thattomay have been deleted already when this happens.
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createTempFile
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.createTempFile()Create a temporary file in a given directory.
The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will yield a different file name.
The filename is prefixNNNNNsuffix where NNNN is a random number
This method is different to
File.createTempFile(String, String, File)as it doesn't create the file itself. It uses the location pointed to by java.io.tmpdir when the parentDir attribute is null.To automatically delete the file created by this method, use the
File.deleteOnExit()method.- Parameters:
prefix- prefix before the random numbersuffix- file extension; include the '.'parentDir- directory to create the temporary file in-java.io.tmpdirused if not specified- Returns:
- a File reference to the new temporary file
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loadFile
Deprecated.assumes the platform default character setNote: the file content is read with platform encoding.- Parameters:
file- the file- Returns:
- a List containing every every line not starting with # and not empty
- Throws:
IOException- if any
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isSymbolicLink
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath())Checks whether a given file is a symbolic link.- Parameters:
file- the file to check- Returns:
- true if symbolic link false otherwise
- Throws:
IOException- in case of failure
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isSymbolicLinkForSure
Deprecated.usejava.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(file.toPath())Checks whether a given file is a symbolic link.- Parameters:
file- the file to check- Returns:
- true if and only if we reliably can say this is a symlink
- Throws:
IOException- in case of failure
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createSymbolicLink
Create a new symbolic link, possibly replacing an existing symbolic link.- Parameters:
symlink- the link nametarget- the target- Returns:
- the linked file
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IOException- in case of an error- See Also:
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org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.FilterWrapper