Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2010 Google Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.File; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Given an ordered list of directories to look in, locate the specified file. * Returns <code>null</code> if file not found. * @param loadpaths the ordered list of paths to search. * @param filename the name of the file. * @return a File object corresponding to the file. <code>null</code> if * file not found. */ public static File locateFile(List<String> loadpaths, String filename) { if (filename == null) { throw new NullPointerException("No filename provided"); } if (loadpaths == null) { throw new NullPointerException("No loadpaths provided."); } for (String path : loadpaths) { File file = new File(path, filename); if (file.exists()) { return file; } } return null; } }