Hitman
Class IOUtil

java.lang.Object
  Hitman.IOUtil

public class IOUtil
extends java.lang.Object

IO utility functions

Constructor Summary

IOUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	exec(java.lang.String cmd) Execute a command (system() equivalent)
static java.lang.String	getExt(java.io.File file) Split the extension from a filename.
static java.lang.String	getFileType(java.io.File file) Determine the MIMEtype of a file (UNIX-specific function).
static java.lang.String	slurp(java.io.Reader in) Read a String from a Reader until EOF
static java.lang.String	slurp(java.io.Reader r, byte __unused)
static java.lang.String	slurp(java.io.Reader in, long len) Read a string from a Reader.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IOUtil

public IOUtil()

Method Detail

slurp

public static java.lang.String slurp(java.io.Reader in,
                                     long len)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Read a string from a Reader.

Parameters:

in - Reader to read from

len - Number of bytes to read

Returns:

The String

Throws:

java.io.IOException

slurp

public static java.lang.String slurp(java.io.Reader in)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Read a String from a Reader until EOF

Parameters:

in - Reader to read from

Returns:

The String

Throws:

java.io.IOException

slurp

public static java.lang.String slurp(java.io.Reader r,
                                     byte __unused)
                              throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

exec

public static java.lang.String exec(java.lang.String cmd)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Execute a command (system() equivalent)

Parameters:

cmd - The command to execute

Returns:

Everything that was written to stdout and stderr by the executed process

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getFileType

public static java.lang.String getFileType(java.io.File file)
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Determine the MIMEtype of a file (UNIX-specific function).

Parameters:

file - The relevant file

Returns:

MIMEtype as returned by file(1)

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getExt

public static java.lang.String getExt(java.io.File file)

Split the extension from a filename.

Parameters:

file - The relevant file

Returns:

The file's extension