net.myrrix.common.io
Class IOUtils

java.lang.Object
  net.myrrix.common.io.IOUtils

public final class IOUtils
extends Object

Simple utility methods related to I/O.

Author:

Sean Owen

Method Summary

static void	deleteRecursively(File dir) Attempts to recursively delete a directory.
static InputStream	openMaybeDecompressing(File file) Opens an InputStream to the file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

deleteRecursively

public static void deleteRecursively(File dir)

Attempts to recursively delete a directory. This may not work across symlinks.

openMaybeDecompressing

public static InputStream openMaybeDecompressing(File file)
                                          throws IOException

Opens an InputStream to the file. If it appears to be compressed, because its file name ends in ".gz" or ".zip" or ".deflate", then it will be decompressed accordingly

Parameters:

file - file, possibly compressed, to open

Returns:

InputStream on uncompressed contents

Throws:

IOException - if the stream can't be opened or is invalid or can't be read