Package de.coreengine.asset

Class FileLoader

java.lang.Object

de.coreengine.asset.FileLoader

public class FileLoader
extends Object

Class that can read and write files onto the drive

Author:

Darius Dinger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String[]	getResource(String path, boolean lineBreak)	Reading a ascii resource from resources into a string array
static <T> T	readBinaryFile(String path)	Reading a binary file from drive into an object
static String[]	readFile(String path, boolean lineBreak)	Reading a file from drive into a string array
static <T> void	writeBinaryFile(String path, T data)	Writes an object binary decoded into a file.
static void	writeFile(String path, String[] data)	Writes an string array ascii decoded into a file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileLoader

public FileLoader()

Method Detail

readFile

public static String[] readFile(String path,
                                boolean lineBreak)
                         throws FileNotFoundException,
                                IOException

Reading a file from drive into a string array

Parameters:

path - Path to the file relative to the application

lineBreak - If true, the strings in the result array will have an \n at the end

Returns:

String that contains the file content

Throws:

FileNotFoundException - Throws if file could not be found

IOException - Throws if an I/O error occurs

writeFile

public static void writeFile(String path,
                             String[] data)
                      throws IOException

Writes an string array ascii decoded into a file. Adding line breaks ('\n') at the end of every line

Parameters:

path - Path of the output file relative to the application

data - Data to write (lines, strings)

Throws:

IOException - Throws if lines cant be written

readBinaryFile

public static <T> T readBinaryFile(String path)
                            throws FileNotFoundException,
                                   IOException,
                                   ClassNotFoundException,
                                   ClassCastException

Reading a binary file from drive into an object

Type Parameters:

T - Type of the object to read

Parameters:

path - Path of the binary file to read

Returns:

Readed object as T

Throws:

FileNotFoundException - Throws if file could no be found

IOException - Throws if file could not be loaded

ClassNotFoundException - Throws if the objects class from the file could not be found

ClassCastException - Throws if object from file couldnt parsed into T

writeBinaryFile

public static <T> void writeBinaryFile(String path,
                                       T data)
                                throws IOException

Writes an object binary decoded into a file. The object class has to implement the serializable interface!

Type Parameters:

T - Type of the object to write

Parameters:

path - Path of the output file relative to application

data - Data to write (object of type T)

Throws:

IOException - Throws if object cant be written

getResource

public static String[] getResource(String path,
                                   boolean lineBreak)

Reading a ascii resource from resources into a string array

Parameters:

path - Path to the resource

lineBreak - If true, the strings in the result array will have an \n at the end

Returns:

String that contains the resource content (ascii)