SciLib.Util
Class fileProcessing

java.lang.Object
  SciLib.Util.fileProcessing

public final class fileProcessing
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains some methods to read and write a text file.

Constructor Summary

fileProcessing()

Method Summary

static boolean	exists(java.lang.String fileName) check if a file exists
static java.lang.String	getReadFileName(java.awt.Frame parent) get the file name for reading from the FileDialog
static java.lang.String	getWriteFileName(java.awt.Frame parent) get the file name for writing from the FileDialog
static java.lang.String	read(java.lang.String fileName) read data from a file and store it in a string
static void	write(java.lang.String fileName, java.lang.String str) write a data string to a file

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

fileProcessing

public fileProcessing()

Method Detail

write

public static final void write(java.lang.String fileName,
                               java.lang.String str)

write a data string to a file

read

public static final java.lang.String read(java.lang.String fileName)

read data from a file and store it in a string

getReadFileName

public static java.lang.String getReadFileName(java.awt.Frame parent)

get the file name for reading from the FileDialog

Parameters:

parent - A frame window

Returns:

A String

getWriteFileName

public static java.lang.String getWriteFileName(java.awt.Frame parent)

get the file name for writing from the FileDialog

Parameters:

parent - A frame window

Returns:

A String

exists

public static boolean exists(java.lang.String fileName)

check if a file exists

Parameters:

fileName - the file name, String

Returns:

true or false, boolean