org.apache.aries.util.filesystem
Interface IDirectory

All Superinterfaces:

IFile, Iterable<IFile>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ICloseableDirectory

public interface IDirectory
extends Iterable<IFile>, IFile

A virtual directory in a file system. Widely used to present a common view of regular file systems, jar and zip files.

Method Summary

IFile	getFile(String name) Gets the requested file under this directory.
boolean	isRoot()
List<IFile>	listAllFiles()
List<IFile>	listFiles()
ICloseableDirectory	toCloseable() Open a more effective implementation with user regulated resource management.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

iterator

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.aries.util.filesystem.IFile

convert, convertNested, getLastModified, getName, getParent, getRoot, getSize, isDirectory, isFile, open, toURL

Method Detail

listFiles

List<IFile> listFiles()

Returns:

the list of files in this directory. Files must be in this directory and not in sub-directories.

listAllFiles

List<IFile> listAllFiles()

Returns:

the list of files in all directories (including sub-directories). This is the complete list.

getFile

IFile getFile(String name)

Gets the requested file under this directory. The file may be located any number of levels within this directory. The name is relative to this directory. If the file cannot be found it will return null.

Parameters:

name - the name of the file.

Returns:

the IFile, or null if no such file exists.

isRoot

boolean isRoot()

Returns:

true if this IDirectory is the root of the virtual file system.

toCloseable

ICloseableDirectory toCloseable()

Open a more effective implementation with user regulated resource management. The implementation will be more efficient for batch operations. Make sure to call close when finished with the returned IDirectory. IFiles and IDirectories other than the returned closeable directory will stay valid after calling the close method but will no longer perform as efficiently. InputStreams that are open at the time of calling close may be invalidated.

Returns:

ICloseableDirectory or null if a batch aware version of this IDirectory is not supported