xjavadoc.filesystem
Interface AbstractFile

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReaderFile, XJavadocFile

public interface AbstractFile

An interface that allows XJavadoc to read and write from any source/destination and not just files.

Author:

Dmitri Colebatch

Method Summary

java.io.OutputStream	getOutputStream() Get an outputstream for the file.
java.lang.String	getPath()
java.io.Reader	getReader() Obtain a reader for the file.
java.io.Reader	getReader(java.lang.String enc)
java.io.Writer	getWriter() Obtain a writer for the file.
boolean	isWriteable() Determine if the file is writeable or not.
long	lastModified() Get the last modified timestamp of the file, or 0 if not available.

Method Detail

getReader

java.io.Reader getReader()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Obtain a reader for the file.

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getWriter

java.io.Writer getWriter()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Obtain a writer for the file.

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

isWriteable

boolean isWriteable()

Determine if the file is writeable or not.

Returns:

lastModified

long lastModified()

Get the last modified timestamp of the file, or 0 if not available.

Returns:

getOutputStream

java.io.OutputStream getOutputStream()
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Get an outputstream for the file.

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getPath

java.lang.String getPath()

getReader

java.io.Reader getReader(java.lang.String enc)
                         throws java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException,
                                java.io.FileNotFoundException

Parameters:

encoding -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException

java.io.FileNotFoundException