cryptix.util.core

Class FileUtil

public class FileUtil extends Object

Static methods for processing File utilitarian tasks.

Copyright © 1997, 1998 Systemics Ltd on behalf of the Cryptix Development Team.
All rights reserved.

$Revision: 1.1 $

Since: Cryptix 3.0.4

Author: Raif S. Naffah

Nested Class Summary
static classFileUtil.IdentityFilter
Method Summary
static booleandoFileOrDir(Properties properties, String name, File f)
static booleandoZip(Properties properties, String name, File f)
same as above given a .zip or .jar file object.
static booleanloadProperties(Properties properties, String name)
Load a Properties object from a file given its name.

Method Detail

doFileOrDir

static boolean doFileOrDir(Properties properties, String name, File f)

doZip

static boolean doZip(Properties properties, String name, File f)
same as above given a .zip or .jar file object. The difference with this method is that the search does not go deeper than the top level; ie. no directory recursion is done.

loadProperties

public static boolean loadProperties(Properties properties, String name)
Load a Properties object from a file given its name. The search for the specified file is carried out on all the files and directories specified in the CLASSPATH environment variable (contents of the java system property "java.class.path"). The search is also done on the top level contents of ".zip" and ".jar" files. Finally the search stops after the first successful completion of the loading process; ie. after the first .properties file was found and was successfully used to load the specified properties.

Parameters: properties The java.util.Properties object to load. name The name of the properties file. If it does not end with the suffix ".properties" one will be added.

Returns: True iff the properties object was loaded correctly