com.paypal.selion.platform.utilities

Class FileAssistant

java.lang.Object

com.paypal.selion.platform.utilities.FileAssistant

public class FileAssistant
extends Object

Utilitarian class that provides simple file I/O operations

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static InputStream	loadFile(File file) Load a file resource via the ClassLoader
static InputStream	loadFile(String fileName) Load a file resource via the ClassLoader
static String	readFile(String fileName) Read a file resource via the ClassLoader.
static void	writeStreamToFile(InputStream isr, String fileName, String outputFolder) Write an InputStream to a file

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

loadFile

public static InputStream loadFile(String fileName)

Load a file resource via the ClassLoader

Parameters:

fileName - The name of the file

Returns:

An object of type InputStream that represents the stream of a file that was read from the file system.

loadFile

public static InputStream loadFile(File file)

Load a file resource via the ClassLoader

Parameters:

file - An object of type File which represents a file object

Returns:

An object of type InputStream that represents the stream of a file that was read from the file system.

readFile

public static String readFile(String fileName)
                       throws IOException

Read a file resource via the ClassLoader. Return it as a String.

Parameters:

fileName - The file name can either be an absolute path or a relative path from the project's base directory.

Returns:

content of the file

Throws:

IOException

writeStreamToFile

public static void writeStreamToFile(InputStream isr,
                                     String fileName,
                                     String outputFolder)
                              throws IOException

Write an InputStream to a file

Parameters:

isr - the InputStream

fileName - The target file name to use. Do not include the path.

outputFolder - The target folder to use.

Throws:

IOException