Java tutorial
/** * The MIT License * Copyright (c) 2015 Teal Cube Games * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ package com.tealcube.minecraft.bukkit.facecore.utilities; import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; /** * A utility class that contains a few useful methods for dealing with I/O. */ public final class IOUtils { private IOUtils() { // do nothing } /** * Create a {@link java.io.File} at the given path. * * @param path path to File * @return if creation was successful */ public static boolean createFile(String path) { Validate.notNull(path, "path cannot be null"); return createFile(new File(path)); } /** * Create a {@link java.io.File} from the given {@link java.io.File}. * * @param file File to create * @return if creation was successful */ public static boolean createFile(File file) { Validate.notNull(file, "file cannot be null"); boolean succeeded = file.exists(); if (!succeeded) { try { if (!createDirectory(file.getParentFile())) { return false; } succeeded = file.createNewFile(); } catch (IOException ignored) { // do nothing here } } return succeeded; } /** * Create a directory at the given path. * * @param path path to directory * @return if creation was successful */ public static boolean createDirectory(String path) { Validate.notNull(path, "path cannot be null"); return createDirectory(new File(path)); } /** * Create a directory from the given {@link java.io.File}. * * @param file directory to create * @return if creation was successful */ public static boolean createDirectory(File file) { Validate.notNull(file, "file cannot be null"); return file.exists() || file.mkdirs(); } }