koala.dynamicjava.util
Class FileFinder

java.lang.Object
  koala.dynamicjava.util.FileFinder

Direct Known Subclasses:

LibraryFinder

public class FileFinder
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents an object that manages a set of path where to find files.

Version:

1.0 - 1999/05/18

Author:

Stephane Hillion

Constructor Summary

FileFinder()
Creates a new file finder

Method Summary

void	addPath(java.lang.String path) Adds a search path.
java.io.File	findFile(java.lang.String name) Searches and returns a file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileFinder

public FileFinder()

Creates a new file finder

Method Detail

addPath

public void addPath(java.lang.String path)

Adds a search path. This path becomes the one with the highest priority.

Parameters:

path - the path to add

findFile

public java.io.File findFile(java.lang.String name)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Searches and returns a file.

Parameters:

name - the base name of the file to find

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if no file was found