org.jppf.server.protocol
Class FileLocation

java.lang.Object
  org.jppf.server.protocol.AbstractLocation<File>
      org.jppf.server.protocol.FileLocation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Location<File>

public class FileLocation
extends AbstractLocation<File>

Wrapper fro manipulating a file.

Author:

Laurent Cohen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jppf.server.protocol.AbstractLocation

eventsEnabled, listeners, path

Constructor Summary

FileLocation(File file)
Initialize this location with the specified file path.

FileLocation(String file)
Initialize this location with the specified file path.

Method Summary

InputStream	getInputStream() Obtain an input stream to read from this location.
OutputStream	getOutputStream() Obtain an output stream to write to this location.
long	size() Get the size of the file this location points to.

Methods inherited from class org.jppf.server.protocol.AbstractLocation

addLocationEventListener, copyTo, fireLocationEvent, getPath, removeLocationEventListener, toByteArray, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileLocation

public FileLocation(File file)

Initialize this location with the specified file path.

Parameters:

file - an abstract file path.

FileLocation

public FileLocation(String file)

Initialize this location with the specified file path.

Parameters:

file - an abstract file path.

Method Detail

getInputStream

public InputStream getInputStream()
                           throws Exception

Obtain an input stream to read from this location.

Returns:

an InputStream instance.

Throws:

Exception - if an I/O error occurs.

See Also:

Location.getInputStream()

getOutputStream

public OutputStream getOutputStream()
                             throws Exception

Obtain an output stream to write to this location.

Returns:

an OutputStream instance.

Throws:

Exception - if an I/O error occurs.

See Also:

Location.getOutputStream()

size

public long size()

Get the size of the file this location points to.

Returns:

the size as a long value, or -1 if the file does not exist.

See Also:

Location.size()