jsimple.io

Class Path

java.lang.Object

jsimple.io.Path

Direct Known Subclasses:

Directory, File

public abstract class Path
extends java.lang.Object

A Path is an abstraction over file system-like data structures. A Directory path can contain other Directories and Files. The caller can get an input stream / output stream to read/write a File.

Since:

11/22/12 12:14 AM

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Path()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this file/directory--the last component of the path.
static java.lang.String	getNameExtension(java.lang.String name) Get the extension (the text after the period) from the specified file/directory name.
abstract java.lang.String	getPathString() Get the string representation of the full path for this file/directory.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Path

public Path()

Method Detail

getName

public abstract java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this file/directory--the last component of the path.

Returns:

name of this file/directory

getPathString

public abstract java.lang.String getPathString()

Get the string representation of the full path for this file/directory.

Returns:

string representation of path

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getNameExtension

public static java.lang.String getNameExtension(java.lang.String name)

Get the extension (the text after the period) from the specified file/directory name. The period itself isn't returned, just the text after. If there's no extension, the empty string is returned. s

Parameters:

name - file/directory name

Returns:

extension part of the name (minus the period) or the empty string if there's no extension