org.egothor.duplicity.file

Class DuplicityCheckingFile

java.lang.Object

org.egothor.duplicity.file.DuplicityCheckingFile

Direct Known Subclasses:

CommonSimilarUnitPairsFile, JaccardCoeficientsFile, PermutatedMinsFile

public abstract class DuplicityCheckingFile
extends Object

Ancestor for all the files in org.egothor.duplicity.file package. Provides common data fields with the getters, methods for obtaining String representation, deleting file on filesystem and helper functions for creating temporary and permanent files.

Author:

Kateřina Dufková

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	delete() Deletes the file from filesystem.
abstract String	getFilename() Returns the filename corresponding to this file.
String	getLocation()
File	getOut()
boolean	hasTheSameContent(DuplicityCheckingFile file, DuplicityCheckingFileElement element1, DuplicityCheckingFileElement element2) Checks if two files has the same content.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getLocation

public String getLocation()

getOut

public File getOut()

delete

public void delete()

Deletes the file from filesystem.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getFilename

public abstract String getFilename()

Returns the filename corresponding to this file. The location and permID (if present) fields MUST be already set.

hasTheSameContent

public boolean hasTheSameContent(DuplicityCheckingFile file,
                                 DuplicityCheckingFileElement element1,
                                 DuplicityCheckingFileElement element2)

Checks if two files has the same content.

Parameters:

file - the second file to be tested

element1 - instance of the class from which the file consists

element2 - instance of the class from which the file consists

Returns:

true, if the file contents are the same