palmed.file
Interface IFile

All Known Implementing Classes:

File

public interface IFile

This interface defines the operations available on a file.

Version:

$Revision: 264 $ $Date: 2005-09-27 05:51:16 +0900 (mar., 27 sept. 2005) $

Author:

Mathieu Champlon

Method Summary

boolean	exists() Test if the file exists.
java.io.InputStream	openInputStream() Open an input stream.
java.io.OutputStream	openOutputStream() Open an output stream.

Method Detail

openInputStream

java.io.InputStream openInputStream()
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Open an input stream.

The stream must be closed after being used.

Returns:

the input stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an io exception occured

openOutputStream

java.io.OutputStream openOutputStream()
                                      throws java.io.IOException

Open an output stream.

The stream must be closed after being used.

Returns:

the output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - an io exception occured

exists

boolean exists()

Test if the file exists.

Returns:

whether the file exists or not