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Class TextFileIO

java.lang.Object
  text.TextFileIO

All Implemented Interfaces:

TextConstants

public class TextFileIO
extends java.lang.Object
implements TextConstants

TextFileIO Class receives the file name and either saves the file or reads the file.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface text.TextConstants

COMMA, CREATED_BY_ZYX, DELIM, DOUBLE_QUOTE, ELEMENT_DOCUMENT, ELEMENT_ITEM, EMPTY, FALSE, FORWARD_SLASH, FOUR_SPACES, ID_EQUALS, JAVA_LANG_STRING, LEFT_ANGLE, LEFT_BRACE, LEFT_BRACKET, MENU_ONE, MENU_TWO, NEW_LINE, ONE, RIGHT_ANGLE, RIGHT_BRACE, RIGHT_BRACKET, SEMICOLON, SINGLE_QUOTE, SPACE, TRUE, TWO, XML_VERSION, ZERO

Constructor Summary

TextFileIO()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getContent(java.lang.String filename) This method opens a file and returns the file's content.
static java.lang.String	getDELIM() Gets one empty space.
private static java.lang.String	readText(java.io.File textFile) This method reads each line of the file assigns it to a temporary variable and then inserts an end line statement.
static boolean	saveContent(java.lang.String filename, java.lang.String content) This method calls saveText method and returns boolean variable representing success or failure of saving.
static boolean	saveText(java.lang.String filename, java.lang.String content) This method attempts to write a file to the disk.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextFileIO

public TextFileIO()

Method Detail

readText

private static java.lang.String readText(java.io.File textFile)
                                  throws java.io.IOException

This method reads each line of the file assigns it to a temporary variable and then inserts an end line statement.

Parameters:

textFile - is the file object to be read.

Returns:

content - a string representation of what is in the file.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - - this exception is caught at the Business Object layer to signal the I/O problem occurred.

getDELIM

public static java.lang.String getDELIM()

Gets one empty space.

Returns:

string of one empty space.

getContent

public static java.lang.String getContent(java.lang.String filename)
                                   throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                                          java.io.IOException

This method opens a file and returns the file's content.

Parameters:

filename - is the name of the file to be opened.

Returns:

content - a string representation of what is in the file.

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - - this exception is caught at the Business Object layer to signal the file does not exist.

java.io.IOException - - this exception is caught at the Business Object layer to signal the I/O problem occurred.

saveContent

public static boolean saveContent(java.lang.String filename,
                                  java.lang.String content)
                           throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                                  java.io.IOException

This method calls saveText method and returns boolean variable representing success or failure of saving.

Parameters:

filename - - the name of the file to be saved as.

content - - the string representation of the data to be saved.

Returns:

saved - a boolean variable representing success or failure.

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - - this exception is caught at the Business Object layer to signal the file does not exist.

java.io.IOException - - this exception is caught at the Business Object layer to signal the I/O problem occurred.

saveText

public static boolean saveText(java.lang.String filename,
                               java.lang.String content)
                        throws java.io.IOException

This method attempts to write a file to the disk.

Parameters:

filename - - the name of the file to be saved as.

content - - the string representation of the data to be saved.

Returns:

a boolean variable representing success of saving.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - - this exception is caught at the Business Object layer to signal the I/O problem occurred.