All Known Subinterfaces:

ICloseableDirectory, IDirectory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CloseableDirectory, DirectoryImpl, FileImpl, InputStreamClosableDirectory, NestedCloseableDirectory, NestedZipDirectory, NestedZipFile, ZipCloseableDirectory, ZipDirectory, ZipFileImpl
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public interface IFile
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A virtual file on the virtual file system. This may represent a file or a directory.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IDirectory`	`convert()`
`IDirectory`	`convertNested()`
`long`	`getLastModified()`
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`
`IDirectory`	`getParent()`
`IDirectory`	`getRoot()`
`long`	`getSize()`
`boolean`	`isDirectory()`
`boolean`	`isFile()`
`java.io.InputStream`	`open()`	The input stream returned by this method should always be closed after use.
`java.net.URL`	`toURL()`

- Method Detail
  - getName
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java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns:
    
    the name of the file relative to the root of the virtual FS. This will return a '/' separated path indepedent of underlying filesystem
  - isDirectory
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boolean isDirectory()
```
    Returns:
    
    true iff this IFile is also an IDirectory
  - isFile
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boolean isFile()
```
    Returns:
    
    true iff this IFile is not an IDirectory
  - getLastModified
```
long getLastModified()
```
    Returns:
    
    the last modified date of the file.
  - getSize
```
long getSize()
```
    Returns:
    
    the size of the file.
  - convert
```
IDirectory convert()
```
    Returns:
    
    if this is a directory return this as an IDirectory, otherwise return null.
  - convertNested
```
IDirectory convertNested()
```
    Returns:
    
    if this is a directory or an archive, returns the opened IDirectory
  - getParent
```
IDirectory getParent()
```
    Returns:
    
    returns the parent directory of this IFile, or null if this is the root.
  - open
```
java.io.InputStream open()
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
```
    The input stream returned by this method should always be closed after use.
    
    Returns:
    
    An InputStream to read the file from.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
    
    java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - If the IFile is also an IDirectory.
  - getRoot
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IDirectory getRoot()
```
    Returns:
    
    the root of this file system.
  - toURL
```
java.net.URL toURL()
            throws java.net.MalformedURLException
```
    Returns:
    
    a URL that can be used to get at this file at a later date.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.net.MalformedURLException

Interface IFile

Method Summary

Method Detail

getName

isDirectory

isFile

getLastModified

getSize

convert

convertNested

getParent

open

getRoot

toURL