com.whitestein.lsps.common

Class IO

java.lang.Object

com.whitestein.lsps.common.IO

public final class IO
extends Object

Various I/O utility methods.

Author:

mvy

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	closeQuietly(Closeable c) Closes given object quietly.
static void	copy(InputStream input, OutputStream output)
static String	readFully(Reader reader) Reads all characters from given reader and returns them as a string.
static byte[]	toByteArray(InputStream inputStream)
static File	toFile(URL url) Convert from an URL to a File object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

closeQuietly

public static void closeQuietly(Closeable c)

Closes given object quietly. Any exceptions are logged using debug level.

Parameters:

c - the object to close.

readFully

public static String readFully(Reader reader)
                        throws IOException

Reads all characters from given reader and returns them as a string.

Parameters:

reader - the reader to read, must not be null.

Returns:

string, never null.

Throws:

IOException

toFile

public static File toFile(URL url)

Convert from an URL to a File object. Performs decoding of the URL: syntax such as file:///my%20docs/file.txt will be correctly decoded to /my docs/file.txt.

Parameters:

url - the file URL to convert, null returns null

Returns:

the equivalent File object, or null if the URL's protocol is not file

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the file is incorrectly encoded

toByteArray

public static byte[] toByteArray(InputStream inputStream)
                          throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

copy

public static void copy(InputStream input,
                        OutputStream output)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException