org.jboss.forge.resource

Interface DirectoryResource

All Superinterfaces:

org.jboss.forge.facets.Faceted<ResourceFacet>, FileResource<DirectoryResource>, Resource<File>

public interface DirectoryResource
extends FileResource<DirectoryResource>

A standard, build-in, resource for representing directories on the file-system.

Author:

Mike Brock, Lincoln Baxter, III

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DirectoryResource	getChildDirectory(String name) Obtain a reference to the child DirectoryResource.
<E,T extends Resource<E>> T	getChildOfType(Class<T> type, String name) Using the given type, obtain a reference to the child resource of the given type.
DirectoryResource	getOrCreateChildDirectory(String name) Obtain a reference to the child DirectoryResource.

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.forge.resource.FileResource

createNewFile, createTempResource, deleteOnExit, isDirectory, isStale, markUpToDate, mkdir, mkdirs, renameTo, renameTo, setContents, setContents, setContents

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.forge.resource.Resource

createFrom, delete, delete, exists, getChild, getFullyQualifiedName, getName, getParent, getResourceFactory, getResourceInputStream, getUnderlyingResourceObject, listResources, listResources, reify

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.forge.facets.Faceted

getFacet, getFacets, getFacets, hasAllFacets, hasAllFacets, hasFacet, install, supports, uninstall

Method Detail

getChildDirectory

DirectoryResource getChildDirectory(String name)
                                    throws ResourceException

Obtain a reference to the child DirectoryResource. If that resource does not exist, return a new instance. If the resource exists and is not a DirectoryResource, throw ResourceException

Throws:

ResourceException

getOrCreateChildDirectory

DirectoryResource getOrCreateChildDirectory(String name)

Obtain a reference to the child DirectoryResource. If that resource does not exist, return a new instance and attempt to create the a directory of the given name. If the resource exists and is not a DirectoryResource, throw ResourceException

getChildOfType

<E,T extends Resource<E>> T getChildOfType(Class<T> type,
                                         String name)
                                  throws ResourceException

Using the given type, obtain a reference to the child resource of the given type. If the result is not of the requested type and does not exist, return null. If the result is not of the requested type and exists, throw ResourceException

Throws:

ResourceException