| javax.tools.FileObject
All known Subclasses: javax.tools.ForwardingFileObject,
| FileObject | | public interface FileObject (Code) | | File abstraction for tools. In this context, file means
an abstraction of regular files and other sources of data. For
example, a file object can be used to represent regular files,
memory cache, or data in databases.
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.
author:
Peter von der Ahé
author:
Jonathan Gibbons
since:
1.6 |
| delete | | boolean delete()(Code) | | Deletes this file object. In case of errors, returns false.
true if and only if this file object is successfullydeleted; false otherwise |
| getCharContent | | CharSequence getCharContent(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) throws IOException(Code) | | Gets the character content of this file object, if available.
Any byte that cannot be decoded will be replaced by the default
translation character. In addition, a diagnostic may be
reported unless
ignoreEncodingErrors is true.
Parameters:
ignoreEncodingErrors - ignore encoding errors if true a CharSequence if available; null otherwise
throws:
IllegalStateException - if this file object wasopened for writing and does not support reading
throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - if this kind offile object does not support character access
throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurred |
| getLastModified | | long getLastModified()(Code) | | Gets the time this file object was last modified. The time is
measured in milliseconds since the epoch (00:00:00 GMT, January
1, 1970).
the time this file object was last modified; or 0 ifthe file object does not exist, if an I/O error occurred, or ifthe operation is not supported |
| getName | | String getName()(Code) | | Gets a user-friendly name for this file object. The exact
value returned is not specified but implementations should take
care to preserve names as given by the user. For example, if
the user writes the filename
"BobsApp\Test.java" on
the command line, this method should return
"BobsApp\Test.java" whereas the
method might return
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/UncleBob/BobsApp/Test.java .
a user-friendly name |
| openReader | | Reader openReader(boolean ignoreEncodingErrors) throws IOException(Code) | | Gets a reader for this object. The returned reader will
replace bytes that cannot be decoded with the default
translation character. In addition, the reader may report a
diagnostic unless
ignoreEncodingErrors is true.
Parameters:
ignoreEncodingErrors - ignore encoding errors if true a Reader
throws:
IllegalStateException - if this file object wasopened for writing and does not support reading
throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - if this kind offile object does not support character access
throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurred |
| toUri | | URI toUri()(Code) | | Returns a URI identifying this file object.
a URI |
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