Package org.apache.tools.ant.util

Class FileUtils

java.lang.Object
org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils
public class FileUtils extends Object
This class also encapsulates methods which allow Files to be referred to using abstract path names which are translated to native system file paths at runtime as well as copying files or setting their last modification time.

  • Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type
    Field
    Description
    static final long
    FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
    The granularity of timestamps under FAT.
    static final long
    NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
    The granularity of timestamps under the NT File System.
    static final long
    UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
    The granularity of timestamps under Unix.

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier
    Constructor
    Description
    protected
    FileUtils()
    Empty constructor.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    areSame(File f1, File f2)
    Are the two File instances pointing to the same object on the file system?
    static void
    close(InputStream device)
    Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
    static void
    close(OutputStream device)
    Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
    static void
    close(Reader device)
    Close a Reader without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
    static void
    close(Writer device)
    Close a Writer without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
    static void
    close(AutoCloseable ac)
    Close an AutoCloseable without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
    static void
    close(URLConnection conn)
    Closes an URLConnection if its concrete implementation provides a way to close it that Ant knows of.
    static void
    close(Channel device)
    Close a Channel without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
    boolean
    contentEquals(File f1, File f2)
    Compares the contents of two files.
    boolean
    contentEquals(File f1, File f2, boolean textfile)
    Compares the contents of two files.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files, the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile and which character encoding to assume.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, boolean append, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, boolean append, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project, boolean force)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    void
    copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding, Project project)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    void
    copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.
    void
    copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used.
    void
    copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.
    void
    copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    void
    copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    void
    copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    void
    copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding, Project project)
    Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
    boolean
    createNewFile(File f)
    This was originally an emulation of File.createNewFile for JDK 1.1, but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).
    boolean
    createNewFile(File f, boolean mkdirs)
    Create a new file, optionally creating parent directories.
    File
    createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir)
    Deprecated.
    since ant 1.7.1 use createTempFile(Project, String, String, File, boolean, boolean) instead.
    File
    createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir, boolean deleteOnExit)
    Deprecated.
    since ant 1.7.1 use createTempFile(Project, String, String, File, boolean, boolean) instead.
    File
    createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir, boolean deleteOnExit, boolean createFile)
    Deprecated.
    since Ant 1.10.8 use createTempFile(Project, String, String, File, boolean, boolean) instead.
    File
    createTempFile(Project project, String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir, boolean deleteOnExit, boolean createFile)
    Create a temporary file in a given directory.
    static void
    delete(File file)
    Delete the file with File.delete() if the argument is not null.
    String[]
    dissect(String path)
    Dissect the specified absolute path.
    boolean
    fileNameEquals(File f1, File f2)
    Compares two filenames.
    String
    fromURI(String uri)
    Constructs a file path from a file: URI.
    String
    getDefaultEncoding()
    Get the default encoding.
    long
    getFileTimestampGranularity()
    Get the granularity of file timestamps.
    URL
    getFileURL(File file)
    Get the URL for a file taking into account # characters.
    static FileUtils
    getFileUtils()
    Method to retrieve The FileUtils, which is shared by all users of this method.
    File
    getParentFile(File f)
    Deprecated.
    since 1.7.
    static String
    getPath(List<String> pathStack)
    Gets path from a List of Strings.
    static String
    getPath(List<String> pathStack, char separatorChar)
    Gets path from a List of Strings.
    static String[]
    getPathStack(String path)
    Gets all names of the path as an array of Strings.
    static String
    getRelativePath(File fromFile, File toFile)
    Calculates the relative path between two files.
    boolean
    hasErrorInCase(File localFile)
    test whether a file or directory exists, with an error in the upper/lower case spelling of the name.
    static boolean
    isAbsolutePath(String filename)
    Verifies that the specified filename represents an absolute path.
    static Optional<Boolean>
    isCaseSensitiveFileSystem(Path path)
    Tries to determine the case sensitivity of the filesystem corresponding to the path.
    static boolean
    isContextRelativePath(String filename)
    On DOS and NetWare, the evaluation of certain file specifications is context-dependent.
    boolean
    isLeadingPath(File leading, File path)
    Learn whether one path "leads" another.
    boolean
    isLeadingPath(File leading, File path, boolean resolveSymlinks)
    Learn whether one path "leads" another.
    boolean
    isSymbolicLink(File parent, String name)
    Deprecated.
    use Files.isSymbolicLink(Path) instead
    boolean
    isUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime)
    Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the current granularity.
    boolean
    isUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime, long granularity)
    Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the specified granularity.
    boolean
    isUpToDate(File source, File dest)
    Returns true if the source is older than the dest.
    boolean
    isUpToDate(File source, File dest, long granularity)
    Returns true if the source is older than the dest.
    static FileUtils
    newFileUtils()
    Deprecated.
    since 1.7.
    static OutputStream
    newOutputStream(Path path, boolean append)
    Opens a new OutputStream for the given Path.
    File
    normalize(String path)
    "Normalize" the given absolute path.
    static String
    readFully(Reader rdr)
    Read from reader till EOF.
    static String
    readFully(Reader rdr, int bufferSize)
    Read from reader till EOF.
    String
    removeLeadingPath(File leading, File path)
    Removes a leading path from a second path.
    void
    rename(File from, File to)
    Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.
    void
    rename(File from, File to, boolean keepTargetFilePermissions)
    Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.
    File
    resolveFile(File file, String filename)
    Interpret the filename as a file relative to the given file unless the filename already represents an absolute filename.
    static String
    safeReadFully(Reader reader)
    Safe read fully - do not return a null for an empty reader.
    void
    setFileLastModified(File file, long time)
    Calls File.setLastModified(long time).
    String
    toURI(String path)
    Constructs a file: URI that represents the external form of the given pathname.
    String
    toVMSPath(File f)
    Returns a VMS String representation of a File object.
    static String
    translatePath(String toProcess)
    Translate a path into its native (platform specific) format.
    boolean
    tryHardToDelete(File f)
    Accommodate Windows bug encountered in both Sun and IBM JDKs.
    boolean
    tryHardToDelete(File f, boolean runGC)
    If delete does not work, call System.gc() if asked to, wait a little and try again.

    Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

  • Field Details

    • FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY

      public static final long FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
      The granularity of timestamps under FAT.
      See Also:

    • UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY

      public static final long UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
      The granularity of timestamps under Unix.
      See Also:

    • NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY

      public static final long NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY
      The granularity of timestamps under the NT File System. NTFS has a granularity of 100 nanoseconds, which is less than 1 millisecond, so we round this up to 1 millisecond.
      See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • FileUtils

      protected FileUtils()
      Empty constructor.

  • Method Details

    • newFileUtils

      @Deprecated public static FileUtils newFileUtils()
      Deprecated.
      since 1.7. Use getFileUtils instead, FileUtils do not have state.
      Factory method.
      Returns:
      a new instance of FileUtils.

    • getFileUtils

      public static FileUtils getFileUtils()
      Method to retrieve The FileUtils, which is shared by all users of this method.
      Returns:
      an instance of FileUtils.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6.3

    • getFileURL

      public URL getFileURL(File file) throws MalformedURLException
      Get the URL for a file taking into account # characters.
      Parameters:
      file - the file whose URL representation is required.
      Returns:
      The FileURL value.
      Throws:
      MalformedURLException - if the URL representation cannot be formed.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination. No filtering is performed.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - Name of file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - Name of file to copy to. Must not be null.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - Name of file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - Name of file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - Name of file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - Name of file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - Name of file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - Name of file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - Name of file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - Name of file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      encoding - the encoding used to read and write the files.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.
      Since:
      Ant 1.5

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding, Project project) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - Name of file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - Name of file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      filterChains - filterChains to apply during the copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      encoding - the encoding used to read and write the files.
      project - the project instance.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.
      Since:
      Ant 1.5

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - Name of file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - Name of file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      filterChains - filterChains to apply during the copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      inputEncoding - the encoding used to read the files.
      outputEncoding - the encoding used to write the files.
      project - the project instance.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination. No filtering is performed.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if source files may overwrite newer destination files.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files, the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile and which character encoding to assume.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      encoding - the encoding used to read and write the files.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.
      Since:
      Ant 1.5

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding, Project project) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      filterChains - filterChains to apply during the copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      encoding - the encoding used to read and write the files.
      project - the project instance.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.
      Since:
      Ant 1.5

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      filterChains - filterChains to apply during the copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      inputEncoding - the encoding used to read the files.
      outputEncoding - the encoding used to write the files.
      project - the project instance.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, boolean append, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      filterChains - filterChains to apply during the copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      append - whether to append to the destination file.
      inputEncoding - the encoding used to read the files.
      outputEncoding - the encoding used to write the files.
      project - the project instance.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.
      Since:
      Ant 1.8

    • copyFile

      public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters, Vector<FilterChain> filterChains, boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified, boolean append, String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding, Project project, boolean force) throws IOException
      Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite newer destination files and the last modified time of destFile file should be made equal to the last modified time of sourceFile.
      Parameters:
      sourceFile - the file to copy from. Must not be null.
      destFile - the file to copy to. Must not be null.
      filters - the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
      filterChains - filterChains to apply during the copy.
      overwrite - Whether or not the destination file should be overwritten if it already exists.
      preserveLastModified - Whether or not the last modified time of the resulting file should be set to that of the source file.
      append - whether to append to the destination file.
      inputEncoding - the encoding used to read the files.
      outputEncoding - the encoding used to write the files.
      project - the project instance.
      force - whether to overwrite read-only destination files.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the copying fails.
      Since:
      Ant 1.8.2

    • setFileLastModified

      public void setFileLastModified(File file, long time)
      Calls File.setLastModified(long time). Originally written to to dynamically bind to that call on Java1.2+.
      Parameters:
      file - the file whose modified time is to be set
      time - the time to which the last modified time is to be set. if this is -1, the current time is used.

    • resolveFile

      public File resolveFile(File file, String filename)
      Interpret the filename as a file relative to the given file unless the filename already represents an absolute filename. Differs from new File(file, filename) in that the resulting File's path will always be a normalized, absolute pathname. Also, if it is determined that filename is context-relative, file will be discarded and the reference will be resolved using available context/state information about the filesystem.
      Parameters:
      file - the "reference" file for relative paths. This instance must be an absolute file and must not contain "./" or "../" sequences (same for \ instead of /). If it is null, this call is equivalent to new java.io.File(filename).getAbsoluteFile().
      filename - a file name.
      Returns:
      an absolute file.
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if filename is null.

    • isContextRelativePath

      public static boolean isContextRelativePath(String filename)
      On DOS and NetWare, the evaluation of certain file specifications is context-dependent. These are filenames beginning with a single separator (relative to current root directory) and filenames with a drive specification and no intervening separator (relative to current directory of the specified root).
      Parameters:
      filename - the filename to evaluate.
      Returns:
      true if the filename is relative to system context.
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if filename is null.
      Since:
      Ant 1.7

    • isAbsolutePath

      public static boolean isAbsolutePath(String filename)
      Verifies that the specified filename represents an absolute path. Differs from new java.io.File("filename").isAbsolute() in that a path beginning with a double file separator--signifying a Windows UNC--must at minimum match "\\a\b" to be considered an absolute path.
      Parameters:
      filename - the filename to be checked.
      Returns:
      true if the filename represents an absolute path.
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if filename is null.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6.3

    • translatePath

      public static String translatePath(String toProcess)
      Translate a path into its native (platform specific) format.

      This method uses PathTokenizer to separate the input path into its components. This handles DOS style paths in a relatively sensible way. The file separators are then converted to their platform specific versions.

      Parameters:
      toProcess - The path to be translated. May be null.
      Returns:
      the native version of the specified path or an empty string if the path is null or empty.
      Since:
      ant 1.7
      See Also:

    • normalize

      public File normalize(String path)
      "Normalize" the given absolute path.

      This includes:

      • Uppercase the drive letter if there is one.
      • Remove redundant slashes after the drive spec.
      • Resolve all ./, .\, ../ and ..\ sequences.
      • DOS style paths that start with a drive letter will have \ as the separator.

      Unlike File.getCanonicalPath() this method specifically does not resolve symbolic links.

      If the path tries to go beyond the file system root (i.e. it contains more ".." segments than can be travelled up) the method will return the original path unchanged.

      Parameters:
      path - the path to be normalized.
      Returns:
      the normalized version of the path.
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if path is null.

    • dissect

      public String[] dissect(String path)
      Dissect the specified absolute path.
      Parameters:
      path - the path to dissect.
      Returns:
      String[] {root, remaining path}.
      Throws:
      NullPointerException - if path is null.
      Since:
      Ant 1.7

    • toVMSPath

      public String toVMSPath(File f)
      Returns a VMS String representation of a File object. This is useful since the JVM by default internally converts VMS paths to Unix style. The returned String is always an absolute path.
      Parameters:
      f - The File to get the VMS path for.
      Returns:
      The absolute VMS path to f.

    • createTempFile

      @Deprecated public File createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir)
      Deprecated.
      since ant 1.7.1 use createTempFile(Project, String, String, File, boolean, boolean) instead.
      Create a File object for a temporary file in a given directory. Without actually creating the file.

      The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will yield a different file name.

      If the filesystem where the temporary file is created supports POSIX permissions, the file will only be readable and writable by the current user.

      Parameters:
      prefix - file name prefix.
      suffix - file extension; include the '.'.
      parentDir - Directory to create the temporary file in; java.io.tmpdir used if not specified.
      Returns:
      a File reference to the new, nonexistent temporary file.

    • createTempFile

      @Deprecated public File createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir, boolean deleteOnExit, boolean createFile)
      Deprecated.
      since Ant 1.10.8 use createTempFile(Project, String, String, File, boolean, boolean) instead.
      Create a temporary file in a given directory.

      The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will yield a different file name.

      If the filesystem where the temporary file is created supports POSIX permissions, the file will only be readable and writable by the current user.

      Parameters:
      prefix - file name prefix.
      suffix - file extension; include the '.'.
      parentDir - Directory to create the temporary file in; java.io.tmpdir used if not specified.
      deleteOnExit - whether to set the tempfile for deletion on normal VM exit.
      createFile - true if the file must actually be created. If false chances exist that a file with the same name is created in the time between invoking this method and the moment the file is actually created. If possible set to true.
      Returns:
      a File reference to the new temporary file.
      Since:
      Ant 1.7.1

    • createTempFile

      public File createTempFile(Project project, String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir, boolean deleteOnExit, boolean createFile)
      Create a temporary file in a given directory.

      The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will yield a different file name.

      If the filesystem where the temporary file is created supports POSIX permissions, the file will only be readable and writable by the current user.

      Parameters:
      project - reference to the current Ant project.
      prefix - file name prefix.
      suffix - file extension; include the '.'.
      parentDir - Directory to create the temporary file in; if not specified and project is not null then the value of the property ant.tmpdir is used if set; otherwise java.io.tmpdir is used.
      deleteOnExit - whether to set the tempfile for deletion on normal VM exit.
      createFile - true if the file must actually be created. If false chances exist that a file with the same name is created in the time between invoking this method and the moment the file is actually created. If possible set to true.
      Returns:
      a File reference to the new temporary file.
      Since:
      Ant 1.9.15

    • createTempFile

      @Deprecated public File createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir, boolean deleteOnExit)
      Deprecated.
      since ant 1.7.1 use createTempFile(Project, String, String, File, boolean, boolean) instead.
      Create a File object for a temporary file in a given directory. Without actually creating the file.

      The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation of this method will yield a different file name.

      If the filesystem where the temporary file is created supports POSIX permissions, the file will only be readable and writable by the current user.

      Parameters:
      prefix - file name prefix.
      suffix - file extension; include the '.'.
      parentDir - Directory to create the temporary file in; java.io.tmpdir used if not specified.
      deleteOnExit - whether to set the tempfile for deletion on normal VM exit.
      Returns:
      a File reference to the new, nonexistent temporary file.

    • contentEquals

      public boolean contentEquals(File f1, File f2) throws IOException
      Compares the contents of two files.
      Parameters:
      f1 - the file whose content is to be compared.
      f2 - the other file whose content is to be compared.
      Returns:
      true if the content of the files is the same.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the files cannot be read.

    • contentEquals

      public boolean contentEquals(File f1, File f2, boolean textfile) throws IOException
      Compares the contents of two files.
      Parameters:
      f1 - the file whose content is to be compared.
      f2 - the other file whose content is to be compared.
      textfile - true if the file is to be treated as a text file and differences in kind of line break are to be ignored.
      Returns:
      true if the content of the files is the same.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the files cannot be read.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6.3

    • getParentFile

      @Deprecated public File getParentFile(File f)
      Deprecated.
      since 1.7. Just use File.getParentFile() directly.
      This was originally an emulation of File.getParentFile() for JDK 1.1, but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).
      Parameters:
      f - the file whose parent is required.
      Returns:
      the given file's parent, or null if the file does not have a parent.
      Since:
      1.10

    • readFully

      public static String readFully(Reader rdr) throws IOException
      Read from reader till EOF.
      Parameters:
      rdr - the reader from which to read.
      Returns:
      the contents read out of the given reader.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the contents could not be read out from the reader.

    • readFully

      public static String readFully(Reader rdr, int bufferSize) throws IOException
      Read from reader till EOF.
      Parameters:
      rdr - the reader from which to read.
      bufferSize - the buffer size to use when reading.
      Returns:
      the contents read out of the given reader.
      Throws:
      IOException - if the contents could not be read out from the reader.

    • safeReadFully

      public static String safeReadFully(Reader reader) throws IOException
      Safe read fully - do not return a null for an empty reader.
      Parameters:
      reader - the input to read from.
      Returns:
      the string.
      Throws:
      IOException - if unable to read from reader.
      Since:
      Ant 1.7.1

    • createNewFile

      public boolean createNewFile(File f) throws IOException
      This was originally an emulation of File.createNewFile for JDK 1.1, but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).

      This method has historically not guaranteed that the operation was atomic. In its current implementation it is.

      Parameters:
      f - the file to be created.
      Returns:
      true if the file did not exist already.
      Throws:
      IOException - on error.
      Since:
      Ant 1.5

    • createNewFile

      public boolean createNewFile(File f, boolean mkdirs) throws IOException
      Create a new file, optionally creating parent directories.
      Parameters:
      f - the file to be created.
      mkdirs - boolean whether to create parent directories.
      Returns:
      true if the file did not exist already.
      Throws:
      IOException - on error.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6.3

    • isSymbolicLink

      @Deprecated public boolean isSymbolicLink(File parent, String name) throws IOException
      Deprecated.
      use Files.isSymbolicLink(Path) instead
      Checks whether a given file is a symbolic link.

      It doesn't really test for symbolic links but whether the canonical and absolute paths of the file are identical--this may lead to false positives on some platforms.

      Parameters:
      parent - the parent directory of the file to test
      name - the name of the file to test.
      Returns:
      true if the file is a symbolic link.
      Throws:
      IOException - on error.
      Since:
      Ant 1.5

    • removeLeadingPath

      public String removeLeadingPath(File leading, File path)
      Removes a leading path from a second path.

      This method uses normalize(java.lang.String) under the covers and does not resolve symbolic links.

      Parameters:
      leading - The leading path, must not be null, must be absolute.
      path - The path to remove from, must not be null, must be absolute.
      Returns:
      path's normalized absolute if it doesn't start with leading; path's path with leading's path removed otherwise.
      Since:
      Ant 1.5

    • isLeadingPath

      public boolean isLeadingPath(File leading, File path)
      Learn whether one path "leads" another.

      This method uses normalize(java.lang.String) under the covers and does not resolve symbolic links.

      If either path tries to go beyond the file system root (i.e. it contains more ".." segments than can be travelled up) the method will return false.

      Parameters:
      leading - The leading path, must not be null, must be absolute.
      path - The path to check, must not be null, must be absolute.
      Returns:
      true if path starts with leading; false otherwise.
      Since:
      Ant 1.7

    • isLeadingPath

      public boolean isLeadingPath(File leading, File path, boolean resolveSymlinks) throws IOException
      Learn whether one path "leads" another.
      Parameters:
      leading - The leading path, must not be null, must be absolute.
      path - The path to check, must not be null, must be absolute.
      resolveSymlinks - whether symbolic links shall be resolved prior to comparing the paths.
      Returns:
      true if path starts with leading; false otherwise.
      Throws:
      IOException - if resolveSymlinks is true and invoking getCanonicaPath on either argument throws an exception
      Since:
      Ant 1.10.5

    • toURI

      public String toURI(String path)
      Constructs a file: URI that represents the external form of the given pathname.

      Will be an absolute URI if the given path is absolute.

      This code encodes non ASCII characters too.

      The coding of the output is the same as what File.toURI().toASCIIString() produces

      See dt-sysid which makes some mention of how characters not supported by URI Reference syntax should be escaped.
      Parameters:
      path - the path in the local file system.
      Returns:
      the URI version of the local path.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6

    • fromURI

      public String fromURI(String uri)
      Constructs a file path from a file: URI.

      Will be an absolute path if the given URI is absolute.

      Swallows '%' that are not followed by two characters, doesn't deal with non-ASCII characters.

      Parameters:
      uri - the URI designating a file in the local filesystem.
      Returns:
      the local file system path for the file.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6

    • fileNameEquals

      public boolean fileNameEquals(File f1, File f2)
      Compares two filenames.

      Unlike java.io.File#equals this method will try to compare the absolute paths and "normalize" the filenames before comparing them.

      Parameters:
      f1 - the file whose name is to be compared.
      f2 - the other file whose name is to be compared.
      Returns:
      true if the file are for the same file.
      Since:
      Ant 1.5.3

    • areSame

      public boolean areSame(File f1, File f2) throws IOException
      Are the two File instances pointing to the same object on the file system?
      Parameters:
      f1 - File
      f2 - File
      Returns:
      boolean
      Throws:
      IOException - if file name canonicalization fails
      Since:
      Ant 1.8.2

    • rename

      public void rename(File from, File to) throws IOException
      Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.

      This will remove to (if it exists), ensure that to's parent directory exists and move from, which involves deleting from as well.

      Parameters:
      from - the file to move.
      to - the new file name.
      Throws:
      IOException - if anything bad happens during this process. Note that to may have been deleted already when this happens.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6

    • rename

      public void rename(File from, File to, boolean keepTargetFilePermissions) throws IOException
      Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.

      This will remove to (if it exists), ensure that to's parent directory exists and move from, which involves deleting from as well.

      Parameters:
      from - the file to move.
      to - the new file name.
      keepTargetFilePermissions - keep target file permissions
      Throws:
      IOException - if anything bad happens during this process. Note that to may have been deleted already when this happens.
      Since:
      Ant 1.10.14

    • getFileTimestampGranularity

      public long getFileTimestampGranularity()
      Get the granularity of file timestamps. The choice is made based on OS, which is incorrect--it should really be by filesystem. We do not have an easy way to probe for file systems, however, so this heuristic gives us a decent default.
      Returns:
      the difference, in milliseconds, which two file timestamps must have in order for the two files to be considered to have different timestamps.

    • hasErrorInCase

      public boolean hasErrorInCase(File localFile)
      test whether a file or directory exists, with an error in the upper/lower case spelling of the name. Using this method is only interesting on case insensitive file systems (Windows).

      It will return true only if 3 conditions are met:

      • operating system is case insensitive
      • file exists
      • actual name from directory reading is different from the supplied argument

      The purpose is to identify files or directories on case-insensitive filesystems whose case is not what is expected.

      Possibly to rename them afterwards to the desired upper/lowercase combination.
      Parameters:
      localFile - file to test
      Returns:
      true if the file exists and the case of the actual file is not the case of the parameter
      Since:
      Ant 1.7.1

    • isUpToDate

      public boolean isUpToDate(File source, File dest, long granularity)
      Returns true if the source is older than the dest. If the dest file does not exist, then the test returns false; it is implicitly not up do date.
      Parameters:
      source - source file (should be the older).
      dest - dest file (should be the newer).
      granularity - an offset added to the source time.
      Returns:
      true if the source is older than the dest after accounting for granularity.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6.3

    • isUpToDate

      public boolean isUpToDate(File source, File dest)
      Returns true if the source is older than the dest.
      Parameters:
      source - source file (should be the older).
      dest - dest file (should be the newer).
      Returns:
      true if the source is older than the dest, taking the granularity into account.
      Since:
      Ant 1.6.3

    • isUpToDate

      public boolean isUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime, long granularity)
      Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the specified granularity.
      Parameters:
      sourceTime - timestamp of source file.
      destTime - timestamp of dest file.
      granularity - os/filesys granularity.
      Returns:
      true if the dest file is considered up to date.

    • isUpToDate

      public boolean isUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime)
      Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the current granularity.
      Parameters:
      sourceTime - timestamp of source file.
      destTime - timestamp of dest file.
      Returns:
      true if the dest file is considered up to date.

    • close

      public static void close(Writer device)
      Close a Writer without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
      Parameters:
      device - output writer, can be null.

    • close

      public static void close(Reader device)
      Close a Reader without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
      Parameters:
      device - Reader, can be null.

    • close

      public static void close(OutputStream device)
      Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
      Parameters:
      device - stream, can be null.

    • close

      public static void close(InputStream device)
      Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
      Parameters:
      device - stream, can be null.

    • close

      public static void close(Channel device)
      Close a Channel without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
      Parameters:
      device - channel, can be null.
      Since:
      Ant 1.8.0

    • close

      public static void close(URLConnection conn)
      Closes an URLConnection if its concrete implementation provides a way to close it that Ant knows of.
      Parameters:
      conn - connection, can be null
      Since:
      Ant 1.8.0

    • close

      public static void close(AutoCloseable ac)
      Close an AutoCloseable without throwing any exception if something went wrong. Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
      Parameters:
      ac - AutoCloseable, can be null.
      Since:
      Ant 1.10.0

    • delete

      public static void delete(File file)
      Delete the file with File.delete() if the argument is not null. Do nothing on a null argument.
      Parameters:
      file - file to delete.

    • tryHardToDelete

      public boolean tryHardToDelete(File f)
      Accommodate Windows bug encountered in both Sun and IBM JDKs. Others possible. If the delete does not work, call System.gc(), wait a little and try again.
      Parameters:
      f - File
      Returns:
      whether deletion was successful
      Since:
      Ant 1.8.0

    • tryHardToDelete

      public boolean tryHardToDelete(File f, boolean runGC)
      If delete does not work, call System.gc() if asked to, wait a little and try again.
      Parameters:
      f - File
      runGC - boolean
      Returns:
      whether deletion was successful
      Since:
      Ant 1.8.3

    • getRelativePath

      public static String getRelativePath(File fromFile, File toFile) throws Exception
      Calculates the relative path between two files.

      Implementation note:
      This function may throw an IOException if an I/O error occurs because its use of the canonical pathname may require filesystem queries.

      Parameters:
      fromFile - the File to calculate the path from
      toFile - the File to calculate the path to
      Returns:
      the relative path between the files
      Throws:
      Exception - for undocumented reasons
      Since:
      Ant 1.7
      See Also:

    • getPathStack

      public static String[] getPathStack(String path)
      Gets all names of the path as an array of Strings.
      Parameters:
      path - to get names from
      Returns:
      Strings, never null
      Since:
      Ant 1.7

    • getPath

      public static String getPath(List<String> pathStack)
      Gets path from a List of Strings.
      Parameters:
      pathStack - List of Strings to be concatenated as a path.
      Returns:
      String, never null
      Since:
      Ant 1.7

    • getPath

      public static String getPath(List<String> pathStack, char separatorChar)
      Gets path from a List of Strings.
      Parameters:
      pathStack - List of Strings to be concatenated as a path.
      separatorChar - char to be used as separator between names in path
      Returns:
      String, never null
      Since:
      Ant 1.7

    • getDefaultEncoding

      public String getDefaultEncoding()
      Get the default encoding. This is done by opening an InputStreamReader on a dummy InputStream and getting the encoding. Could use System.getProperty("file.encoding"), but cannot see where this is documented.
      Returns:
      the default file encoding.

    • newOutputStream

      public static OutputStream newOutputStream(Path path, boolean append) throws IOException
      Opens a new OutputStream for the given Path.
      Parameters:
      path - the path of the file
      append - whether to append to or a replace an existing file
      Returns:
      a stream ready to write to the file
      Throws:
      IOException - if stream creation fails
      Since:
      Ant 1.10.2

    • isCaseSensitiveFileSystem

      public static Optional<Boolean> isCaseSensitiveFileSystem(Path path)
      Tries to determine the case sensitivity of the filesystem corresponding to the path. While doing so, this method might create a temporary file under the directory represented by the path, if it's a directory or in the parent directory of the path, if it's a file.

      This method works on a best effort basis and will return an Optional.empty() if it cannot determine the case sensitivity, either due to exception or for any other reason.

      Parameters:
      path - The path whose filesystem case sensitivity needs to be checked
      Returns:
      Returns true if the filesystem corresponding to the passed path is case sensitive. Else returns false. If the case sensitivity cannot be determined for whatever reason, this method returns an Optional.empty()
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - If the passed path is null
      Since:
      Ant 1.10.6