se.datadosen.io
Class LinkFile

java.lang.Object
  java.io.File
      se.datadosen.io.LinkFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<java.io.File>

public class LinkFile
extends java.io.File

Link (shortcut) support for JAlbum. A LinkFile represents a link to a file. It is a subclass of java.io.File. All methods on java.io.File but the getName(), renameTo(), compareTo, equals, hashCode and toString methods will operate on the target file (the file that the LinkFile links to). Use getTargetName() to get the name of the target file itself. Use getLink() to retrieve a File representing the link itself (which usually doesn't exists physically in the file system and usually doesn't have the same parent file as its target - It's parent is the album parent.)

Since:

7.0 With jAlbum 8.1.4, LinkFiles are only considered equal if they have the same abstract path name, not simply if they point to the same file.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.io.File	link
protected java.io.File	target

Fields inherited from class java.io.File

pathSeparator, pathSeparatorChar, separator, separatorChar

Constructor Summary

LinkFile(java.io.File parent, java.lang.String name, java.io.File target)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.io.File other)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
java.io.File	getLink()
java.lang.String	getName()
java.io.File	getTarget()
java.lang.String	getTargetName()
int	hashCode()
boolean	renameTargetTo(java.io.File dest)
boolean	renameTo(java.io.File dest) Simply return true.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.io.File

canExecute, canRead, canWrite, createNewFile, createTempFile, createTempFile, delete, deleteOnExit, exists, getAbsoluteFile, getAbsolutePath, getCanonicalFile, getCanonicalPath, getFreeSpace, getParent, getParentFile, getPath, getTotalSpace, getUsableSpace, isAbsolute, isDirectory, isFile, isHidden, lastModified, length, list, list, listFiles, listFiles, listFiles, listRoots, mkdir, mkdirs, setExecutable, setExecutable, setLastModified, setReadable, setReadable, setReadOnly, setWritable, setWritable, toURI, toURL

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

link

protected java.io.File link

target

protected java.io.File target

Constructor Detail

LinkFile

public LinkFile(java.io.File parent,
                java.lang.String name,
                java.io.File target)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Overrides:

getName in class java.io.File

getTargetName

public java.lang.String getTargetName()

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.io.File other)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<java.io.File>

Overrides:

compareTo in class java.io.File

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.io.File

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.io.File

renameTo

public boolean renameTo(java.io.File dest)

Simply return true. (There is no backing file to rename). It is the responsibility of the caller to maintain the name permanently.

Overrides:

renameTo in class java.io.File

renameTargetTo

public boolean renameTargetTo(java.io.File dest)

getLink

public java.io.File getLink()

getTarget

public java.io.File getTarget()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.io.File