textmaven.util
Class ResourceFinder

java.lang.Object
  textmaven.util.ResourceFinder

public class ResourceFinder

extends java.lang.Object

Provides methods to search for files in a specified list of directories.

Author:

krebtho

Field Summary

static java.lang.String[]

DEFAULT_DIR_LIST

Constructor Summary

ResourceFinder()

Method Summary

static java.io.File	findFile(java.lang.Class clasz, java.lang.String aFileName) Searches the specified file in various directories and returns the file name including the path where it is located.
static java.io.File	findFile(java.lang.Class clasz, java.lang.String[] dirList, java.lang.String aFileName) Searches the specified file in the specified directories and returns the file name including the path where it is located.
static java.io.File	findFile(java.lang.String aFileName) Searches the specified file in various directories and returns the file name including the path where it is located.
protected static java.lang.String	getBasedir()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_DIR_LIST

public static java.lang.String[] DEFAULT_DIR_LIST

Constructor Detail

ResourceFinder

public ResourceFinder()

Method Detail

getBasedir

protected static final java.lang.String getBasedir()

findFile

public static java.io.File findFile(java.lang.Class clasz,
                                    java.lang.String aFileName)
                             throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Searches the specified file in various directories and returns the file name including the path where it is located. The following directories are searched in the following order: current working directory, ..\resource\, src\resource\ If not found the a getResource call is delegated to the specified class.

Parameters:

aFileName -

clasz - class to which a getResource call should be delegated if file was not found in directory list

Returns:

File

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the file was not found

findFile

public static java.io.File findFile(java.lang.String aFileName)
                             throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Searches the specified file in various directories and returns the file name including the path where it is located. The following directories are searched in the following order: current working directory, ..\resource\, src\resource\ and the classpath.

Parameters:

aFileName -

Returns:

File

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the file was not found

findFile

public static java.io.File findFile(java.lang.Class clasz,
                                    java.lang.String[] dirList,
                                    java.lang.String aFileName)
                             throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Searches the specified file in the specified directories and returns the file name including the path where it is located.

Parameters:

aFileName -

clasz - class to which a getResource call should be delegated if file was not found in directory list

Returns:

File

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the file was not found