Package com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend

Class FileIOUtils

java.lang.Object
com.vaadin.flow.server.frontend.FileIOUtils
public class FileIOUtils extends Object
Utility class for file I/O operations, including conditional file writing, file searching, and content comparison.

For internal use only. May be renamed or removed in a future release.

  • Method Details

    • copyDirectory

      public static void copyDirectory(File source, File target) throws IOException
      Copies a directory recursively.
      Parameters:
      source - the source directory
      target - the target directory
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs

    • copyDirectory

      public static void copyDirectory(File source, File target, FileFilter filter) throws IOException
      Copies a directory recursively with a file filter.
      Parameters:
      source - the source directory
      target - the target directory
      filter - the file filter to apply, or null to copy all files
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs

    • delete

      public static void delete(File file) throws IOException
      Deletes a file or directory recursively. Throws an exception if the deletion fails.
      Parameters:
      file - the file or directory to delete
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs

    • removeExtension

      public static String removeExtension(String filename)
      Removes the extension from a filename.
      Parameters:
      filename - the filename
      Returns:
      the filename without extension

    • wildcardMatch

      public static boolean wildcardMatch(String text, String pattern)
      Checks if a string matches a wildcard pattern.
      Parameters:
      text - the text to check
      pattern - the wildcard pattern (* and ? are supported)
      Returns:
      true if the text matches the pattern, false otherwise

    • writeIfChanged

      public static boolean writeIfChanged(File file, List<String> content) throws IOException
      Writes the given content into the given file unless the file already contains that content.
      Parameters:
      file - the file to write to
      content - the lines to write
      Returns:
      true if the content was written to the file, false otherwise
      Throws:
      IOException - if something went wrong

    • writeIfChanged

      public static boolean writeIfChanged(File file, String content) throws IOException
      Writes the given content into the given file unless the file already contains that content.
      Parameters:
      file - the file to write to
      content - the content to write
      Returns:
      true if the content was written to the file, false otherwise
      Throws:
      IOException - if something went wrong

    • getProjectFolderFromClasspath

      public static File getProjectFolderFromClasspath()
      Try determining the project folder from the classpath.
      Returns:
      A file referring to the project folder or null if the folder could not be determined

    • isProbablyTemporaryFile

      public static boolean isProbablyTemporaryFile(File file)
      Checks if the given file is likely a temporary file created by an editor.
      Parameters:
      file - the file to check
      Returns:
      true if the file is likely a temporary file, false otherwise

    • getFilesByPattern

      public static List<Path> getFilesByPattern(Path baseDir, String pattern) throws IOException
      Get a list of files in a given directory that match a given glob pattern.
      Parameters:
      baseDir - a directory to walk in
      pattern - glob pattern to filter files, e.g. "*.js".
      Returns:
      a list of files matching a given pattern
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error is thrown while walking through the tree in base directory

    • compareIgnoringIndentationAndEOL

      public static boolean compareIgnoringIndentationAndEOL(String content1, String content2, BiPredicate<String,String> compareFn)
      Compare two file content strings ignoring indentation and EOL characters.
      Parameters:
      content1 - the first file content to compare
      content2 - the second file content to compare
      compareFn - a function to compare the normalized strings
      Returns:
      true if the normalized strings are equal, false otherwise

    • compareIgnoringIndentationEOLAndWhiteSpace

      public static boolean compareIgnoringIndentationEOLAndWhiteSpace(String content1, String content2, BiPredicate<String,String> compareFn)
      Compare two file content strings ignoring indentation, EOL characters and white space where it does not matter (before and after {, }, ' and : chars).
      Parameters:
      content1 - the first file content to compare
      content2 - the second file content to compare
      compareFn - a function to compare the normalized strings
      Returns:
      true if the normalized strings are equal, false otherwise