io
Class FileHandler

java.lang.Object
  io.FileHandler

public class FileHandler
extends java.lang.Object

A class for dealing with file operations. Files can be loaded into memory as a String or a DataInputStream.

Hints

• To access files on Sony Emulators use "file:///root1/filename.ext"
• To access files on Nokia 7710 use "file:///c:/filename.ext"

Author:

Peter Hlavac

Constructor Summary

FileHandler()

Method Summary

static boolean	fileExists(java.lang.String strResource) Returns true if a file exists
static java.lang.String	fileGet(java.lang.String strResource) Returns a file represented as a string
static java.io.DataInputStream	fileGetAsStream(java.lang.String strResource) Returns a file represented as a DataInputStream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileHandler

public FileHandler()

Method Detail

fileGet

public static java.lang.String fileGet(java.lang.String strResource)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Returns a file represented as a string

Parameters:

strResource - the file to load

Returns:

the file converted to a string

Throws:

java.io.IOException - thrown if file can not be accessed

fileGetAsStream

public static java.io.DataInputStream fileGetAsStream(java.lang.String strResource)
                                               throws java.io.IOException

Returns a file represented as a DataInputStream

Parameters:

strResource - the file to load

Returns:

the file converted to a DataInputStream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - thrown if file can not be accessed

fileExists

public static boolean fileExists(java.lang.String strResource)

Returns true if a file exists

Parameters:

strResource - the file to check

Returns:

• true if the file does exist
• false if the file does NOT exist