Class File

Object
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class File

Class implementing basic support for files
Defined in file.js

Field Detail

name

Object name

File

File(<String> name)

Create a reference to a file system object (file or directory)

Parameters:
name - relative or absolute file path

close

void close()

Close streams associated with file

getAbsolutePath

String getAbsolutePath(<Number> mode)

Return absolute path

Parameters:
mode - one of GPSystem.AUTO, GPSystem.CWD, GPSystem.USR or GPSystem.SYS. See GPSystem.mapFilename() for details

Returns:
the absolute path

getParentFile

File getParentFile()

Return the parent file of this file object

Returns:
the parent file object or null

list

String[] list()

Return list of files contained in the directory referenced by the File object

Returns:
the list of file names

readAllAsBinary

ByteString readAllAsBinary()

Read complete file into ByteString object

Returns:
the binary content

readAllAsString

String readAllAsString(encoding)

Read complete file into String object

Returns:
the text content

writeAll

void writeAll(<Object> obj, encoding)

Write the object to file

Parameters:
obj - to write to file (Using toString() for any other than String and ByteString)
one - of UTF8 or ASCII (Default is UTF8)

test

<static> void test()