org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs

Class FileSystemPathUtil

java.lang.Object

org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.FileSystemPathUtil

public final class FileSystemPathUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for handling paths in a file system.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.util.BitSet	SAFE_NAMECHARS The list of characters that are not encoded by the escapeName(String) and unescape(String) methods.
static java.util.BitSet	SAFE_PATHCHARS The list of characters that are not encoded by the escapePath(String) and unescape(String) methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	checkFormat(java.lang.String path) Checks if path is a valid path.
static boolean	denotesRoot(java.lang.String path) Tests whether the specified path represents the root path, i.e.
static java.lang.String	escapeName(java.lang.String name) Encodes the specified name.
static java.lang.String	escapePath(java.lang.String path) Encodes the specified path.
static java.lang.String	getName(java.lang.String path) Returns the name of the specified path.
static java.lang.String	getParentDir(java.lang.String path) Returns the parent directory of the specified path.
static java.lang.String	unescape(java.lang.String pathOrName) Decodes the specified path/name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SAFE_NAMECHARS

public static final java.util.BitSet SAFE_NAMECHARS

The list of characters that are not encoded by the escapeName(String) and unescape(String) methods. They contains the characters which can safely be used in file names:

SAFE_PATHCHARS

public static final java.util.BitSet SAFE_PATHCHARS

The list of characters that are not encoded by the escapePath(String) and unescape(String) methods. They contains the characters which can safely be used in file paths:

Method Detail

escapePath

public static java.lang.String escapePath(java.lang.String path)

Encodes the specified path. Same as escapeName(String) except that the separator character / is regarded as a legal path character that needs no escaping.

Parameters:

path - the path to encode.

Returns:

the escaped path

escapeName

public static java.lang.String escapeName(java.lang.String name)

Encodes the specified name. Same as escapePath(String) except that the separator character / is regarded as an illegal character that needs escaping.

Parameters:

name - the name to encode.

Returns:

the escaped name

unescape

public static java.lang.String unescape(java.lang.String pathOrName)

Decodes the specified path/name.

Parameters:

pathOrName - the escaped path/name

Returns:

the unescaped path/name

denotesRoot

public static boolean denotesRoot(java.lang.String path)

Tests whether the specified path represents the root path, i.e. "/".

Parameters:

path - path to test

Returns:

true if the specified path represents the root path; false otherwise.

checkFormat

public static void checkFormat(java.lang.String path)
                        throws FileSystemException

Checks if path is a valid path.

Parameters:

path - the path to be checked

Throws:

FileSystemException - If path is not a valid path

getParentDir

public static java.lang.String getParentDir(java.lang.String path)

Returns the parent directory of the specified path.

Parameters:

path - a file system path denoting a directory or a file.

Returns:

the parent directory.

getName

public static java.lang.String getName(java.lang.String path)

Returns the name of the specified path.

Parameters:

path - a file system path denoting a directory or a file.

Returns:

the name.