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/* Copyright (c) 2001-2004, The HSQL Development Group
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package org.hsqldb.lib;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Random;

/**
 * A collection of static file management methods.
 *
 * @author fredt@users
 * @author boucherb@users
 */
public class FileUtil {

    // a new File("...")'s path is not canonicalized, only resolved
    // and normalized (e.g. redundant separator chars removed),
    // so as of JDK 1.4.2, this is a valid test for case insensitivity,
    // at least when it is assumed that we are dealing with a configuration
    // that only needs to consider the host platform's native file system,
    // even if, unlike for File.getCanonicalPath(), (new File("a")).exists() or
    // (new File("A")).exits(), regardless of the hosting system's
    // file path case sensitivity policy.
    public static final boolean fsIsIgnoreCase =
        (new File("A")).equals(new File("a"));

    // posix separator normalized to File.separator?
    // CHECKME: is this true for every file system under Java?
    public static final boolean fsNormalizesPosixSeparator =
        (new File("/")).getPath().endsWith(File.separator);

    // only available in JDK 1.2 or better
    static final Method deleteOnExitMethod = getDeleteOnExitMethod();

    // for JDK 1.1 createTempFile
    static final Random random = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis());

    // retrieve the method, or null of not available
    private static Method getDeleteOnExitMethod() {

        try {
            return File.class.getMethod("deleteOnExit", new Class[0]);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Delete the named file
     */
    public static void delete(String filename) throws IOException {

        try {
            (new File(filename)).delete();
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            throw toIOException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Requests, in a JDK 1.1 compliant way, that the file or directory denoted
     * by the given abstract pathname be deleted when the virtual machine
     * terminates. 

* * Deletion will be attempted only for JDK 1.2 and greater runtime * environments and only upon normal termination of the virtual * machine, as defined by the Java Language Specification.

* * Once deletion has been sucessfully requested, it is not possible to * cancel the request. This method should therefore be used with care.

* * @param f the abstract pathname of the file be deleted when the virtual * machine terminates */ public static void deleteOnExit(File f) { if (deleteOnExitMethod == null) { // do nothing } else { try { deleteOnExitMethod.invoke(f, new Object[0]); } catch (Exception e) {} } } /** * Return true or false based on whether the named file exists. */ static public boolean exists(String filename) throws IOException { try { return (new File(filename)).exists(); } catch (Throwable e) { throw toIOException(e); } } /** * Rename the file with oldname to newname. If a file with oldname does not * exist, nothing occurs. If a file with newname already exists, it is * deleted it before the renaming operation proceeds. */ static public void renameOverwrite(String oldname, String newname) throws IOException { try { if (exists(oldname)) { delete(newname); File file = new File(oldname); file.renameTo(new File(newname)); } } catch (Throwable e) { throw toIOException(e); } } static IOException toIOException(Throwable e) { if (e instanceof IOException) { return (IOException) e; } else { return new IOException(e.getMessage()); } } /** * Retrieves the absolute path, given some path specification. * * @param path the path for which to retrieve the absolute path * @return the absolute path */ public static String absolutePath(String path) { return (new File(path)).getAbsolutePath(); } /** * Retrieves the canonical file for the given file, in a * JDK 1.1 complaint way. * * @param f the File for which to retrieve the absolute File * @return the canonical File */ public static File canonicalFile(File f) throws IOException { return new File(f.getCanonicalPath()); } /** * Retrieves the canonical file for the given path, in a * JDK 1.1 complaint way. * * @param path the path for which to retrieve the canonical File * @return the canonical File */ public static File canonicalFile(String path) throws IOException { return new File(new File(path).getCanonicalPath()); } /** * Retrieves the canonical path for the given File, in a * JDK 1.1 complaint way. * * @param f the File for which to retrieve the canonical path * @return the canonical path */ public static String canonicalPath(File f) throws IOException { return f.getCanonicalPath(); } /** * Retrieves the canonical path for the given path, in a * JDK 1.1 complaint way. * * @param path the path for which to retrieve the canonical path * @return the canonical path */ public static String canonicalPath(String path) throws IOException { return new File(path).getCanonicalPath(); } /** * Retrieves the canonical path for the given path, or the absolute * path if attemting to retrieve the canonical path fails. * * @param path the path for which to retrieve the canonical or * absolute path * @return the canonical or absolute path */ public static String canonicalOrAbsolutePath(String path) { try { return canonicalPath(path); } catch (Exception e) { return absolutePath(path); } } }




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