org.apache.avalon.composition.util
Class Resource

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.composition.util.Resource

public class Resource

extends Object

describes a File or a ZipEntry this class is meant to be used by classes needing to record path and date/time information about a file, a zip entry or some similar resource (URL, archive in a version control repository, ...)

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.2 $ $Date: 2004/05/19 09:35:09 $

Author:

Apache Ant Development Team (Levy-Lamber), Avalon Development Team

Constructor Summary

Resource()
default constructor

Resource(String name)
only sets the name.

Resource(String name, boolean exists, long lastmodified)
sets the name, lastmodified flag, and exists flag

Resource(String name, boolean exists, long lastmodified, boolean directory)

Method Summary

Object	clone()
int	compareTo(Object other) delegates to a comparison of names.
long	getLastModified() tells the modification time in milliseconds since 01.01.1970 of
String	getName() name attribute will contain the path of a file relative to the root directory of its fileset or the recorded path of a zip entry.
boolean	isDirectory() tells if the resource is a directory
boolean	isExists() the exists attribute tells whether a file exists
void	setDirectory(boolean directory)
void	setExists(boolean exists)
void	setLastModified(long lastmodified)
void	setName(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Resource

public Resource()

default constructor

Resource

public Resource(String name)

only sets the name.

This is a dummy, used for not existing resources.

Parameters:

name - relative path of the resource. Expects "/" to be used as the directory separator.

Resource

public Resource(String name,
                boolean exists,
                long lastmodified)

sets the name, lastmodified flag, and exists flag

Parameters:

name - relative path of the resource. Expects "/" to be used as the directory separator.

Resource

public Resource(String name,
                boolean exists,
                long lastmodified,
                boolean directory)

Parameters:

name - relative path of the resource. Expects "/" to be used as the directory separator.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

name attribute will contain the path of a file relative to the root directory of its fileset or the recorded path of a zip entry.

example for a file with fullpath /var/opt/adm/resource.txt in a file set with root dir /var/opt it will be adm/resource.txt.

"/" will be used as the directory separator.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Parameters:

name - relative path of the resource. Expects "/" to be used as the directory separator.

isExists

public boolean isExists()

the exists attribute tells whether a file exists

setExists

public void setExists(boolean exists)

getLastModified

public long getLastModified()

tells the modification time in milliseconds since 01.01.1970 of

Returns:

0 if the resource does not exist to mirror the behavior of File.

setLastModified

public void setLastModified(long lastmodified)

isDirectory

public boolean isDirectory()

tells if the resource is a directory

Returns:

boolean flag indicating if the resource is a directory

setDirectory

public void setDirectory(boolean directory)

clone

public Object clone()

Returns:

copy of this

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object other)

delegates to a comparison of names.