org.cip4.jdflib.util.file
Class FileJanitor

java.lang.Object
  org.cip4.jdflib.util.file.FileJanitor

public class FileJanitor
extends Object

class to clean up files and directories the directories are retained longer since java knows only last modified. This is actually a good thing

Author:

rainer prosi

Constructor Summary

FileJanitor(File baseDir, FileFilter filter)

FileJanitor(File baseDir, long age)

Method Summary

Vector<File>	cleanup() process all accepted files and empty directories that have been accepted note that the filter may actually do something
void	setDeleteEmptyDir(boolean delEmpty) if true, we delete empty directories
void	setLogSingle(boolean logSingle) if true, we log each deletion
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileJanitor

public FileJanitor(File baseDir,
                   FileFilter filter)

Parameters:

baseDir -

filter - the file filter that

FileJanitor

public FileJanitor(File baseDir,
                   long age)

Parameters:

baseDir -

age - the minimum zapp file age in seconds

Method Detail

setLogSingle

public void setLogSingle(boolean logSingle)

if true, we log each deletion

Parameters:

logSingle -

setDeleteEmptyDir

public void setDeleteEmptyDir(boolean delEmpty)

if true, we delete empty directories

Parameters:

delEmpty -

cleanup

public Vector<File> cleanup()

process all accepted files and empty directories that have been accepted
note that the filter may actually do something

Returns:

the list of files that have been processed
note these no longer exist in case of a kill filter

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()