ie.tomallen.utils
Class DirectoryHandler

java.lang.Object
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public class DirectoryHandler

extends java.lang.Object

Implements a DirectoryHandler object, for filtering,searching directory trees. Dependencies: java.io.File, java.lang.Vector

Version:

0.2

Author:

Tom Allen

Field Summary

java.lang.String

dirname Directory name.

Constructor Summary

DirectoryHandler()
Constructor, just allocated storage use methods to activate.

DirectoryHandler(java.lang.String dirname, boolean nested)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	directorySearch(java.io.File myDir)
boolean	isValid() isValid, if the class holds a File object with that is a valid directory.
java.util.Vector	returnVector()
int	setFiltering(java.lang.String str) setFiltering, supports "*" wildcards.
int	setFiltering(java.lang.String start, java.lang.String end) setFiltering, .
int	setFiltering(java.lang.String start, java.lang.String end, boolean caseSenitive) setFiltering, .
void	setNested(boolean set) setNested, .

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dirname

public java.lang.String dirname

Directory name.

Constructor Detail

DirectoryHandler

public DirectoryHandler(java.lang.String dirname,
                        boolean nested)
                 throws TException

Constructor. opens files and setups the public class variables.

Throws:

TException - threw from directorySearch

DirectoryHandler

public DirectoryHandler()

Constructor, just allocated storage use methods to activate.

Method Detail

isValid

public boolean isValid()

isValid, if the class holds a File object with that is a valid directory.

Returns:

boolean true or false

setNested

public void setNested(boolean set)

setNested, .

Parameters:

set - boolean.

directorySearch

public void directorySearch(java.io.File myDir)

setFiltering

public int setFiltering(java.lang.String str)

setFiltering, supports "*" wildcards.

Parameters:

str - String includes wildcards

setFiltering

public int setFiltering(java.lang.String start,
                        java.lang.String end)

setFiltering, .

Parameters:

start - String.

setFiltering

public int setFiltering(java.lang.String start,
                        java.lang.String end,
                        boolean caseSenitive)

setFiltering, .

Parameters:

start - String.

caseSenitive - boolean if false put input strings to upper case.

returnVector

public java.util.Vector returnVector()