BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem Namespace Reference

The purpose of the FileSystem class is to provide an abstraction layer over the platform dependant functionality related to a file system. More...

Namespaces
namespace	Path
Functions
File	openFile (const String &path)
	Open a file for read/write and return an File object that can be used for reading and writing.
File	createFile (const String &path)
	Create the file for the given name.
File	openOrCreateFile (const String &path)
	Opens or creates the file for the given name.
int	changeFileOwner (const String &filename, const UserId &userId)
	Change the given file ownership.
bool	exists (const String &path)
bool	isExecutable (const String &path)
bool	canRead (const String &path)
bool	canWrite (const String &path)
bool	isLink (const String &path)
bool	isDirectory (const String &path)
bool	changeDirectory (const String &path)
	Change to the given directory.
bool	makeDirectory (const String &path, int mode=0777)
	Create a directory.
bool	getFileSize (const String &path, off_t &size)
	Get the size of the file in bytes.
bool	removeDirectory (const String &path)
	Remove the given directory.
bool	removeFile (const String &path)
	Remove the given file.
bool	getDirectoryContents (const String &path, StringArray &dirEntries)
	Get the names of the files (and directories) in the given directory.
bool	renameFile (const String &oldFileName, const String &newFileName)
	Rename the given file to the new name.
size_t	read (const FileHandle &hdl, void *bfr, size_t numberOfBytes, off_t offset=-1L)
	Read data from file.
size_t	write (FileHandle &hdl, const void *bfr, size_t numberOfBytes, off_t offset=-1L)
	Write data to a file.
off_t	seek (const FileHandle &hdl, off_t offset, int whence)
	Seek to a given offset within the file.
off_t	tell (const FileHandle &hdl)
void	rewind (const FileHandle &hdl)
	Position the file pointer associated with the given file handle to the beginning of the file.
int	close (const FileHandle &hdl)
	Close file handle.
int	flush (FileHandle &hdl)
	Flush any buffered data to the file if buffering supported.
String	getFileContents (const String &filename)
	Read and return the contents of a text file.
StringArray	getFileLines (const String &filename)
	Read and return the lines of a test file.
String	readSymbolicLink (const String &path)
	Read the value of a symbolic link.
void	initRandomFile (const String &filename)

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Detailed Description

The purpose of the FileSystem class is to provide an abstraction layer over the platform dependant functionality related to a file system.

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Function Documentation

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::canRead (  const String &  path  )

Returns: true if the file exists and can be read Definition at line 182 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References _ACCESS, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(). Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::dlSharedLibrary::isFakeLibrary().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::canWrite (  const String &  path  )

Returns: true if the file exists and can be written Definition at line 188 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References _ACCESS, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::changeDirectory (  const String &  path  )

Change to the given directory. Parameters: path  The directory to change to Returns: true if the operation succeeds. Otherwise false. Definition at line 237 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References _CHDIR, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

int BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::changeFileOwner (  const String &  filename, const UserId &  userId )

Change the given file ownership. Parameters: filename  The name of the file to change ownership on. userId  The user id to change ownership to Returns: 0 on success. Otherwise -1 Definition at line 108 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

int BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::close (  const FileHandle &  hdl  )

Close file handle. Parameters: hdl  The file handle to close. Returns: 0 on success. Otherwise -1. Definition at line 430 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::File::close(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::closeFile(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::SocketBaseImpl::connect(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::SocketBaseImpl::disconnect(), initRandomFile(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::NwIface::NwIface(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::Exec::safePopen(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::Select::selectRWEpoll(), and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::File::~File().

File BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::createFile (  const String &  path  )

Create the file for the given name. Parameters: path  The name of the file to create. Returns: On success an File object that can be used for reading and writing. Otherwise a NULL File object. If the file exists, a NULL File object will be returned. Definition at line 135 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::exists (  const String &  path  )

Returns: true if the file exists (and false otherwise). Definition at line 169 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References _ACCESS, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(). Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::ServerSocketImpl::doListen(), and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileAppender::doProcessLogMessage().

int BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::flush (  FileHandle &  hdl  )

Flush any buffered data to the file if buffering supported. Parameters: hdl  The file handle to flush the buffer on. Definition at line 440 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::File::flush(), and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::StackTrace::printStackTrace().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::getDirectoryContents (  const String &  path, StringArray &  dirEntries )

Get the names of the files (and directories) in the given directory. Parameters: path  The name of the directory to get the contents of. dirEntries  The directory contents will be placed in this array. Returns: true if the operation succeeds. Otherwise false. Definition at line 281 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::Array< T >::append(), BLOCXX_FILENAME_SEPARATOR, BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::Array< T >::clear(), and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::endsWith().

String BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::getFileContents (  const String &  filename  )

Read and return the contents of a text file. If the file contains a null character ('\0') then only previous data will be returned. Parameters: filename  The name of the file to read Exceptions: FileSystemException  if the file doesn't exist or reading fails for any reason. Definition at line 498 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_THROW, BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(), and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::OStringStream::toString(). Referenced by getFileLines().

StringArray BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::getFileLines (  const String &  filename  )

Read and return the lines of a test file. If the file contains a null character ('\0') then only previous data will be returned. Parameters: filename  The name of the file to read Exceptions: FileSystemException  if the file doesn't exist or reading fails for any reason. Definition at line 511 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References getFileContents(), and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::tokenize().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::getFileSize (  const String &  path, off_t &  size )

Get the size of the file in bytes. Parameters: path  The name of the file to get the size for. size  Put the size of the file in this variable. Returns: true if the operation succeeds. Otherwise false. Definition at line 249 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

void BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::initRandomFile (  const String &  filename  )

Definition at line 454 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_THROW, BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(), close(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::RandomNumber::getNextNumber(), i, and write().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::isDirectory (  const String &  path  )

Returns: true if file exists and is a directory Definition at line 217 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::isExecutable (  const String &  path  )

Returns: true if the file exists and is executable (and false otherwise). Definition at line 175 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References _ACCESS, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::isLink (  const String &  path  )

Returns: true if file exists and is a symbolic link Definition at line 194 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::makeDirectory (  const String &  path, int  mode = 0777 )

Create a directory. Parameters: path  The name of the directory to create. mode  specifies the permissions to use. Returns: true if the operation succeeds. Otherwise false. Definition at line 243 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References _MKDIR, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

File BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::openFile (  const String &  path  )

Open a file for read/write and return an File object that can be used for reading and writing. Definition at line 120 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(). Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::dlSharedLibrary::isFakeLibrary(), and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::TempFileEnumerationImplBase::readSize().

File BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::openOrCreateFile (  const String &  path  )

Opens or creates the file for the given name. Parameters: path  The name of the file to create. Returns: On success an File object that can be used for reading and writing. Otherwise a null File object. Definition at line 155 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(). Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::ServerSocketImpl::doListen().

size_t BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::read (  const FileHandle &  hdl, void *  bfr, size_t  numberOfBytes, off_t  offset = -1L )

Read data from file. Parameters: hdl  The file handle to perform the read operation on. bfr  The location where the read operation will place what is read. numberOfBytes  The number of bytes to read. offset  The offset to seek to in the file before the read operation is done. -1 will use the current offset. Returns: The number of bytes read. If EOF or an error occurs, a short count or zero is returned. Definition at line 333 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::BinarySerialization::read().

String BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::readSymbolicLink (  const String &  path  )

Read the value of a symbolic link. Parameters: path  Path to the symbolic link Returns: The target of the symbolic link Exceptions: FileSystemException,:  ENOTDIR, ENOENT, EACCES, ELOOP, EINVAL, EIO, EFAULT, ENOMEM Definition at line 517 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_THROW_ERRNO, BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(), MAXPATHLEN, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::Path::realPath(). Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::Path::realPath().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::removeDirectory (  const String &  path  )

Remove the given directory. Parameters: path  The name of the directory to remove Returns: true if the operation succeeds. Otherwise false. Definition at line 269 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References _RMDIR, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::removeFile (  const String &  path  )

Remove the given file. Parameters: path  The name of the file to remove. Returns: true if the operation succeeds. Otherwise false. Definition at line 275 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References _UNLINK, and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(). Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::ServerSocketImpl::close(), BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::ServerSocketImpl::doListen(), and BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileAppender::doProcessLogMessage().

bool BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::renameFile (  const String &  oldFileName, const String &  newFileName )

Rename the given file to the new name. Parameters: oldFileName  The name of the file to rename newFileName  The new name for the oldFileName Returns: true if the operation succeeds. Otherwise false. Definition at line 326 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::String::c_str(). Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileAppender::doProcessLogMessage().

void BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::rewind (  const FileHandle &  hdl  )

Position the file pointer associated with the given file handle to the beginning of the file. Parameters: hdl  The file handle to use in the rewind operation. Definition at line 420 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::File::rewind().

off_t BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::seek (  const FileHandle &  hdl, off_t  offset, int  whence )

Seek to a given offset within the file. Parameters: hdl  The file handle to use in the seek operation. offset  The offset to seek to relative to the whence parm. whence  Can be one of the follwing values: SEEK_SET - Seek relative to the beginning of the file. SEEK_CUR - Seek relative to the current position. SEEK_END - Seek relative to the end of the file (bwd). Returns: The the current location in the file relative to the beginning of the file on success. Other -1. Definition at line 393 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::File::seek().

off_t BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::tell (  const FileHandle &  hdl  )

Parameters: hdl  The file handle to use in the tell operation. Returns: The current position in the file relative to the beginning of the file on success. Otherwise -1. Definition at line 410 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. Referenced by BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::File::tell().

size_t BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::FileSystem::write (  FileHandle &  hdl, const void *  bfr, size_t  numberOfBytes, off_t  offset = -1L )

Write data to a file. Parameters: hdl  The file handle to perform the write operation on. bfr  The locaction to get the contents to write. numberOfBytes  The number of bytes to write. offset  The offset to seek to in the file before the write operation is done. -1 will use the current offset. Returns: The number of bytes written. If an error occurs, a short count or zero is returned. Definition at line 363 of file PosixFileSystem.cpp. References BLOCXX_NAMESPACE::BinarySerialization::write(). Referenced by initRandomFile().

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