org.finj
Class RemoteFile

java.lang.Object
  org.finj.RemoteFile

public class RemoteFile
extends java.lang.Object

Class inspired on java.io.File, that represents files located on a distant computer. Note that instances of this class are non-mutable objects.

Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Javier Iglesias.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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Version:

$Id: RemoteFile.java 47 2008-01-11 23:09:46Z jiglesias $

Author:

Javier Iglesias -- jiglesias@users.sourceforge.net

Constructor Summary

RemoteFile(java.lang.String path, java.lang.String name, boolean canRead, boolean canWrite, boolean isDir, boolean isHidden, long lastMod, long size)

Method Summary

boolean	canRead() Returns true if file can be read.
boolean	canWrite() Returns true if file can be written to.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the file.
java.lang.String	getParent() Returns parent path if it exists, null if not.
java.lang.String	getPath() Returns path to this file on the distant computer.
boolean	isDirectory() Returns true if path points to a directory, false else.
boolean	isFile() Returns true if path points to a file, false else.
boolean	isHidden() Tests whether the file named by this abstract pathname is a hidden file.
long	lastModified() Returns the time that the file was last modified, measured in milliseconds since 1970/01/01.
long	size() Returns the length of the file in bytes.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RemoteFile

public RemoteFile(java.lang.String path,
                  java.lang.String name,
                  boolean canRead,
                  boolean canWrite,
                  boolean isDir,
                  boolean isHidden,
                  long lastMod,
                  long size)

Since:

v1.0

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the file.

Returns:

name of the file.

Since:

v1.0

getParent

public java.lang.String getParent()

Returns parent path if it exists, null if not.

Returns:

name of the parent if it exist, null else.

Since:

v1.0

getPath

public java.lang.String getPath()

Returns path to this file on the distant computer.

Returns:

path to this file.

Since:

v1.0

canRead

public boolean canRead()

Returns true if file can be read.

Returns:

true if file might be readable, false when it surely isn't.

Since:

v1.0

canWrite

public boolean canWrite()

Returns true if file can be written to.

Returns:

true if file might be writable, false when it surely isn't.

Since:

v1.0

isDirectory

public boolean isDirectory()

Returns true if path points to a directory, false else.

Returns:

true if file is a directory, false else.

Since:

v1.0

isFile

public boolean isFile()

Returns true if path points to a file, false else.

Returns:

true if file is a file, false else.

Since:

v1.0

isHidden

public boolean isHidden()

Tests whether the file named by this abstract pathname is a hidden file.

Returns:

true if file is hidden, false else.

Since:

v1.0

lastModified

public long lastModified()

Returns the time that the file was last modified, measured in milliseconds since 1970/01/01. FIXME : wouldn't it better to return a java.util.Date instead ?

Returns:

time elapsed in milliseconds since the Epoch, at time when file has been last modified.

Since:

v1.0

size

public long size()

Returns the length of the file in bytes.

Returns:

size of file in bytes.

Since:

v1.0

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Since:

v1.0