uk.ac.roe.antigen.utils
Class CopyableFile

java.lang.Object
  java.io.File
      uk.ac.roe.antigen.utils.CopyableFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Serializable

public class CopyableFile

extends java.io.File

A file that is able to be copied - you'd think this would be straightforward wouldn't you?

Author:

jdt

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.File

pathSeparator, pathSeparatorChar, separator, separatorChar

Constructor Summary

CopyableFile(java.io.File arg0)

CopyableFile(java.io.File arg0, java.lang.String arg1)

CopyableFile(java.lang.String arg0)

CopyableFile(java.lang.String arg0, java.lang.String arg1)

CopyableFile(java.net.URI arg0)

Method Summary

void	copyTo(java.io.File newLocation) Copy this file or directory to the given new location
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
boolean	recursivelyDelete() You'd think this would be obvious....

Methods inherited from class java.io.File

canRead, canWrite, compareTo, compareTo, createNewFile, createTempFile, createTempFile, delete, deleteOnExit, equals, exists, getAbsoluteFile, getAbsolutePath, getCanonicalFile, getCanonicalPath, getName, getParent, getParentFile, getPath, hashCode, isAbsolute, isDirectory, isFile, isHidden, lastModified, length, list, list, listFiles, listFiles, listFiles, listRoots, mkdir, mkdirs, renameTo, setLastModified, setReadOnly, toString, toURI, toURL

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CopyableFile

public CopyableFile(java.lang.String arg0)

Parameters:

arg0 -

CopyableFile

public CopyableFile(java.io.File arg0,
                    java.lang.String arg1)

Parameters:

arg0 -

arg1 -

CopyableFile

public CopyableFile(java.io.File arg0)

CopyableFile

public CopyableFile(java.lang.String arg0,
                    java.lang.String arg1)

Parameters:

arg0 -

arg1 -

CopyableFile

public CopyableFile(java.net.URI arg0)

Parameters:

arg0 -

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

copyTo

public void copyTo(java.io.File newLocation)
            throws java.io.IOException

Copy this file or directory to the given new location

Parameters:

newLocation -

Throws:

java.io.IOException

recursivelyDelete

public boolean recursivelyDelete()

You'd think this would be obvious.... Remove a directory, even if not empty