I need to have my program create a directory with a specific name, and overwrite any existing directory with that name. Currently, my program doesn't seem to be able to overwrite the directory. Is there any way of forcing the overwrite?
private boolean makeDirectory(){
File file = new File(TEMP_DIR_PATH + "/" + clipName);
if (file.mkdir()) {
return true;
}
else {
System.err.println("Failed to create directory!");
return false;
}
}
EDIT:
Now I'm trying the following, but the program is not detecting that the directory exists, even though it does.
private boolean makeDirectory(String path){
File file = new File(path);
if (file.exists()) {
System.out.println("exists");
if (file.delete()) {
System.out.println("deleted");
}
}
if (file.mkdir()) {
return true;
}
else {
System.err.println("Failed to create directory!");
return false;
}
}
RESOLVED:
(If anyone else in the future needs to know...)
I ended up doing it this way:
private boolean makeDirectory(String path){
if (Files.exists(Paths.get(path))) {
try {
FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(path));
}
catch (IOException ex) {
System.err.println("Failed to create directory!");
return false;
}
}
if (new File(path).mkdir()) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
You want to delete the directory first if it exists, then recreate it.
Using java.nio.file.Files
if (Files.exists(path)) {
new File("/dir/path").delete();
}
new File("/dir/path").mkdir();
and if you have FileUtils, this might be preferable as it avoids actually deleting a directory you want to be there:
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
if (Files.exists(path)) {
FileUtils.cleanDirectory( new File("/dir/path"));
} else {
new File("/dir/path").mkdir();
}
You can import this library import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils; and then you could write your code like this:
private boolean makeDirectory(){
File file = new File(TEMP_DIR_PATH + "/" + clipName);
boolean returnValue = false;
try {
FileUtils.forceMkdir(file);
returnValue = true;
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
return returnValue;
}
Check if the directory exists,
If so, delete that directory
Create directory
Related
Problem in creating a new workspace in an Eclipse RCP application.
When the RCP application is launched, a dialog is prompted to ask the workspace location.
When the location is given, then there is error saying "Could not launch the product because the specified workspace cannot be created.
The specified workspace directory is either invalid or read-only".
I have followed the code from IDEApplication.java from eclipse, but still I am facing same issue.
Application code:
#SuppressWarnings("restriction")
public class MyRcpApplication implements IApplication
{
private static final String METADATA_PROJECTS_PATH = "/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.projects";
private static final String METADATA_ROOT = ".metadata";
private static final String COMMAND_ARG = "--container";
private static final String SYSTEM_PROPERTY_EXIT_CODE = "eclipse.exitcode";
private static final String WORKSPACE_VERSION_KEY = "org.eclipse.core.runtime";
private static final String VERSION_FILENAME = "version.ini";
private static final String WORKSPACE_VERSION_VALUE = "1"; //$NON-NLS-1$
public static final String METADATA_FOLDER = ".metadata"; //$NON-NLS-1$
private Shell shell;
/*
* (non-Javadoc)
*
* #see org.eclipse.equinox.app.IApplication#start(org.eclipse.equinox.app.IApplicationContext)
*/
#Override
public Object start(final IApplicationContext context)
{
Display display = PlatformUI.createDisplay();
Shell shell = display.getActiveShell();
try
{
// for backward compatibility we need to clear the workspace before start also
cleanUpTheWorkSpace();
boolean instanceLocationCheck = checkInstanceLocation(shell, context.getArguments());
if (!instanceLocationCheck)
{
MessageDialog.openError(shell, IDEWorkbenchMessages.IDEApplication_workspaceInUseTitle,
"Could not launch the product because the associated workspace is currently in use by another My Application.");
return IApplication.EXIT_OK;
}
int returnCode = PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(display, new MyApplicationWorkbenchAdvisor());
if (returnCode == PlatformUI.RETURN_RESTART)
{
// eclipse.exitcode system property may be set to re-launch
if (IApplication.EXIT_RELAUNCH.equals(Integer.getInteger(SYSTEM_PROPERTY_EXIT_CODE)))
{
return IApplication.EXIT_RELAUNCH;
}
return IApplication.EXIT_RESTART;
}
// if application return code is exit clean up the workspace
// cleanUpTheWorkSpace();
return IApplication.EXIT_OK;
}
finally
{
if (display != null)
{
display.dispose();
}
Location instanceLoc = Platform.getInstanceLocation();
if (instanceLoc != null)
{
instanceLoc.release();
}
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
private boolean checkInstanceLocation(final Shell shell, final Map arguments)
{
Location instanceLoc = Platform.getInstanceLocation();
if (instanceLoc == null)
{
MessageDialog.openError(shell, "Workspace is Mandatory", "IDEs need a valid workspace.");
return false;
}
// -data "/valid/path", workspace already set
if (instanceLoc.isSet())
{
// make sure the meta data version is compatible (or the user has
// chosen to overwrite it).
try
{
// Used to check whether are we launching My application from development environment or not
if (isDevLaunchMode(arguments))
{
return true;
}
// Used to check instance location is locked or not
if (instanceLoc.isLocked())
{
return false;
}
// we failed to create the directory.
// Two possibilities:
// 1. directory is already in use
// 2. directory could not be created
File workspaceDirectory = new File(instanceLoc.getURL().getFile());
if (workspaceDirectory.exists())
{
if (isDevLaunchMode(arguments))
{
return true;
}
MessageDialog.openError(
shell,
"Workspace Cannot Be Locked",
"Could not launch the product because the associated workspace at '" + workspaceDirectory.getAbsolutePath()
+ "' is currently in use by another Eclipse application");
}
else
{
MessageDialog
.openError(
shell,
"Workspace Cannot Be Created",
"Could not launch the product because the specified workspace cannot be created. The specified workspace directory is either invalid or read-only.");
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
MessageDialog.openError(shell, "Internal Error", e.getMessage());
}
}
else
{
try
{
// -data #noDefault or -data not specified, prompt and set
ChooseWorkspaceData launchData = new ChooseWorkspaceData(instanceLoc.getDefault());
boolean force = false;
while (true)
{
URL workspaceUrl = promptForWorkspace(shell, launchData, force);
if (workspaceUrl == null)
{
return false;
}
// if there is an error with the first selection, then force the
// dialog to open to give the user a chance to correct
force = true;
try
{
// the operation will fail if the url is not a valid
// instance data area, so other checking is unneeded
if (instanceLoc.set(workspaceUrl, false))
{
launchData.writePersistedData();
writeWorkspaceVersion(workspaceUrl);
return true;
}
}
catch (IllegalStateException e)
{
MessageDialog
.openError(
shell,
IDEWorkbenchMessages
.IDEApplication_workspaceCannotBeSetTitle,
IDEWorkbenchMessages
.IDEApplication_workspaceCannotBeSetMessage);
return false;
}
// by this point it has been determined that the workspace is
// already in use -- force the user to choose again
MessageDialog.openError(shell, IDEWorkbenchMessages
.IDEApplication_workspaceInUseTitle,
IDEWorkbenchMessages.
IDEApplication_workspaceInUseMessage);
}
}
catch (IllegalStateException | IOException e)
{
}
}
return true;
}
private static void writeWorkspaceVersion(final URL defaultValue)
{
Location instanceLoc = Platform.getInstanceLocation();
if (instanceLoc.isReadOnly())
{
// MessageDialog.openError(shell,"Read-Only Dialog", "Location was read-only");
System.out.println("Instance Got Locked......");
}
if ((instanceLoc == null) || instanceLoc.isReadOnly())
{
return;
}
File versionFile = getVersionFile(instanceLoc.getURL(), true);
if (versionFile == null)
{
return;
}
OutputStream output = null;
try
{
String versionLine = WORKSPACE_VERSION_KEY + '=' + WORKSPACE_VERSION_VALUE;
output = new FileOutputStream(versionFile);
output.write(versionLine.getBytes("UTF-8")); //$NON-NLS-1$
}
catch (IOException e)
{
IDEWorkbenchPlugin.log("Could not write version file", //$NON-NLS-1$
StatusUtil.newStatus(IStatus.ERROR, e.getMessage(), e));
}
finally
{
try
{
if (output != null)
{
output.close();
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
// do nothing
}
}
}
/*
* (non-Javadoc)
*
* #see org.eclipse.equinox.app.IApplication#stop()
*/
#Override
public void stop()
{
if (!PlatformUI.isWorkbenchRunning())
{
return;
}
final IWorkbench workbench = PlatformUI.getWorkbench();
final Display display = workbench.getDisplay();
display.syncExec(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
if (!display.isDisposed())
{
workbench.close();
}
}
});
}
private URL promptForWorkspace(final Shell shell, final ChooseWorkspaceData launchData, boolean force)
{
URL url = null;
do
{
new ChooseWorkspaceDialog(shell, launchData, false, force).prompt(force);
String instancePath = launchData.getSelection();
if (instancePath == null)
{
return null;
}
// the dialog is not forced on the first iteration, but is on every
// subsequent one -- if there was an error then the user needs to be
// allowed to
force = true;
// create the workspace if it does not already exist
File workspace = new File(instancePath);
if (!workspace.exists())
{
workspace.mkdir();
}
try
{
// Don't use File.toURL() since it adds a leading slash that Platform does not
// handle properly. See bug 54081 for more details.
String path = workspace.getAbsolutePath().replace(File.separatorChar, '/');
url = new URL("file", null, path); //$NON-NLS-1$
}
catch (MalformedURLException e)
{
MessageDialog
.openError(
shell,
IDEWorkbenchMessages
.IDEApplication_workspaceInvalidTitle,
IDEWorkbenchMessages
.IDEApplication_workspaceInvalidMessage);
continue;
}
}
while (!checkValidWorkspace(shell, url));
return url;
}
private boolean checkValidWorkspace(final Shell shell, final URL url)
{
String version = readWorkspaceVersion(url);
// if the version could not be read, then there is not any existing
// workspace data to trample, e.g., perhaps its a new directory that
// is just starting to be used as a workspace
if (version == null)
{
return true;
}
final int ide_version = Integer.parseInt(WORKSPACE_VERSION_VALUE);
int workspace_version = Integer.parseInt(version);
// equality test is required since any version difference (newer
// or older) may result in data being trampled
if (workspace_version == ide_version)
{
return true;
}
// At this point workspace has been detected to be from a version
// other than the current ide version -- find out if the user wants
// to use it anyhow.
String title = "My App Titile"; //$NON-NLS-1$
String message = "My App Message";
MessageBox mbox = new MessageBox(shell, SWT.OK | SWT.CANCEL
| SWT.ICON_WARNING | SWT.APPLICATION_MODAL);
mbox.setText(title);
mbox.setMessage(message);
return mbox.open() == SWT.OK;
}
private static String readWorkspaceVersion(final URL workspace)
{
File versionFile = getVersionFile(workspace, false);
if ((versionFile == null) || !versionFile.exists())
{
return null;
}
try
{
// Although the version file is not spec'ed to be a Java properties
// file, it happens to follow the same format currently, so using
// Properties to read it is convenient.
Properties props = new Properties();
FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(versionFile);
try
{
props.load(is);
}
finally
{
is.close();
}
return props.getProperty(WORKSPACE_VERSION_KEY);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
IDEWorkbenchPlugin.log("Could not read version file", new Status( //$NON-NLS-1$
IStatus.ERROR, IDEWorkbenchPlugin.IDE_WORKBENCH,
IStatus.ERROR,
e.getMessage() == null ? "" : e.getMessage(), //$NON-NLS-1$,
e));
return null;
}
}
private static File getVersionFile(final URL workspaceUrl, final boolean create)
{
if (workspaceUrl == null)
{
return null;
}
try
{
// make sure the directory exists
File metaDir = new File(workspaceUrl.getPath(), METADATA_FOLDER);
if (!metaDir.exists() && (!create || !metaDir.mkdir()))
{
return null;
}
// make sure the file exists
File versionFile = new File(metaDir, VERSION_FILENAME);
if (!versionFile.exists()
&& (!create || !versionFile.createNewFile()))
{
return null;
}
return versionFile;
}
catch (IOException e)
{
// cannot log because instance area has not been set
return null;
}
}
#SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
private static boolean isDevLaunchMode(final Map args)
{
// see org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.PluginPathFinder.isDevLaunchMode()
if (Boolean.getBoolean("eclipse.pde.launch"))
{
return true;
}
return args.containsKey("-pdelaunch"); //$NON-NLS-1$
}
/**
* Deletes all the available projects in the workspace
*/
private void cleanUpTheWorkSpace()
{
// this will be the
String[] commands = Platform.getCommandLineArgs();
if (commands != null)
{
List<String> args = Arrays.asList(commands);
if (args.contains(COMMAND_ARG))
{
// if project is in the root delete it.. it will delete associated metadata
IProject[] projects = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().getProjects();
if (projects != null)
{
for (IProject project : projects)
{
try
{
project.delete(true, new NullProgressMonitor());
}
catch (CoreException e)
{
// msgHandler.post(MsgSeverity.ERROR, "Unable to clear the workspace");
}
}
}
// if project is not in the root but if its in the workspace delete the metadata too
File[] workSpaceFiles = Platform.getLocation().toFile().listFiles();
for (File file : workSpaceFiles)
{
if (METADATA_ROOT.equals(file.getName()))
{
File projectMeta = new File(file.getPath() + METADATA_PROJECTS_PATH);
if ((projectMeta != null) && projectMeta.exists())
{
File[] children = projectMeta.listFiles();
for (File child : children)
{
FileUtils.deleteQuietly(child);
}
}
}
/*
* else { FileUtils.deleteQuietly(file); }
*/
}
}
}
}
}
Try run Eclipse as administrator.
Your code is just calling
if (instanceLoc.isLocked())
{
return false;
}
to check if the workspace is locked, but is doing nothing to make the workspace locked so this will always fall through to the error code.
IDEApplication does this:
if (instanceLoc.lock()) {
writeWorkspaceVersion();
return null;
}
you need to do something similar.
public class ReadConfig {
private File configFile;
public boolean testConfig(){
if(Utils.isWindows()){
File configFile = new File("C:/config.properties");
}
else{
File configFile = new File("/config.properties");
}
if(configFile.exists() && !configFile.isDirectory()){
System.out.println(configFile + "found!");
return true;
}
else{
try {
configFile.createNewFile();
System.out.println(configFile + "created!");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return true;
}
}
}
This gives back a null point exception at the following line
if(configFile.exists() && !configFile.isDirectory()){
It seems to me that it should return false, why would it throw a NullPointerException?
The problem is that the statements in your if and else branch initialize a new variable called configFile, instead of using the field. Removing File should do the trick, e.g.:
if(Utils.isWindows()){
configFile = new File("C:/config.properties");
} else {
configFile = new File("/config.properties");
}
I'm having a FileNotFoundException when i try to create a FileOutputStream. The file does exists according to file.exists. i've tried everything like file.mkdir(s) ...
I'm on a mac and i'm using gauva.
The file input is ''
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Users/big_Xplosion/mods/Blaze-Installer/installer/test
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:194)
at com.google.common.io.Files$FileByteSink.openStream(Files.java:223)
at com.google.common.io.Files$FileByteSink.openStream(Files.java:211)
at com.google.common.io.ByteSource.copyTo(ByteSource.java:203)
at com.google.common.io.Files.copy(Files.java:382)
at com.big_Xplosion.blazeInstaller.util.DownloadUtil.downloadFile(DownloadUtil.java:80)
at com.big_Xplosion.blazeInstaller.action.MCPInstall.downloadMCP(MCPInstall.java:78)
at com.big_Xplosion.blazeInstaller.action.MCPInstall.install(MCPInstall.java:30)
at com.big_Xplosion.blazeInstaller.util.InstallType.install(InstallType.java:37)
at com.big_Xplosion.blazeInstaller.BlazeInstaller.handleOptions(BlazeInstaller.java:51)
at com.big_Xplosion.blazeInstaller.BlazeInstaller.main(BlazeInstaller.java:26)
the code in the main class.
File file = mcpSpec.value(options); //the file input given is 'test'
try
{
InstallType.MCP.install(file.getAbsoluteFile());
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
The execution code The mcpTarget file has to be a directory
public boolean install(File mcpTarget) throws IOException
{
mcpTarget.mkdirs();
if (isMCPInstalled(mcpTarget))
System.out.println(String.format("MCP is already installed in %s, skipped download and extraction.", mcpTarget));
else if (isMCPDownloaded(mcpTarget))
{
if (!unpackMCPZip(mcpTarget))
return false;
}
else
{
if (!downloadMCP(mcpTarget))
return false;
if (!unpackMCPZip(mcpTarget))
return false;
}
System.out.println("Successfully downloaded and unpacked MCP");
return false;
}
Download MCP method
public boolean downloadMCP(File targetFile)
{
String mcpURL = new UnresolvedString(LibURL.MCP_DOWNLOAD_URL, new VersionResolver()).call();
if (!DownloadUtil.downloadFile("MCP", targetFile, mcpURL))
{
System.out.println("Failed to download MCP, please try again and if it still doesn't work contact a dev.");
return false;
}
return true;
}
and the DownloadUtil.DownloadFile method
public static boolean downloadFile(String name, File path, String downloadUrl)
{
System.out.println(String.format("Attempt at downloading file: %s", name));
try
{
URL url = new URL(downloadUrl);
final URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
connection.setConnectTimeout(6000);
connection.setReadTimeout(6000);
InputSupplier<InputStream> urlSupplier = new InputSupplier<InputStream>()
{
#Override
public InputStream getInput() throws IOException
{
return connection.getInputStream();
}
};
Files.copy(urlSupplier, path);
return true;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
return false;
}
}
mcpTarget.mkdirs();
mcpTarget.mkdir();
This is the problem. You are creating a folder at the specified file. Replace this with
mcpTarget.getParentFile().mkdirs();
(or, since you use Guava, use this: Files.createParentDirs(mcpTarget))
Also, the latter is a subset of the former, so you never need to call both of the mkdir methods.
i tried
private boolean CopyFiles(List<File> selected)
{
try {
File mNewFile = new File("/home/ubuntu/Desktop");
mNewFile.createNewFile();
FileUtils.copyFile(selected,mNewFile);
return true;
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CommonMethod.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
return false;
}
in above code for copy file FileUtild.copyFile(File src, File dest) method dose not support for multiple file copy any idea for that?
I assume that you are using org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils and that "/home/ubuntu/Desktop" is a directory.
In this case you can do it like this:
nNewFile.mkdirs();
for(File f : selected) {
FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory(f, nNewFile);
}
you can use org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils to copy files from one location to another
private void copyFiles(List<File> selected, File destinationDirectory)
{
for(File file : selected){
try {
if (!destinationDirectory.exists())
destinationDirectory.mkdir();
FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory(file,destinationDirectory);
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CommonMethod.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
}
Okay, I'm trying to create a custom client for Minecraft (don't worry, my question has nothing to do with Minecraft in particular), and I added an abstract class to manage a configuration file using Java's built-in Properties system. I have a method that loads a properties file or creates it if it doesn't already exist. This method is called at the beginning of all my other methods (although it only does anything the first time its called).
The properties file gets created just fine when I run Minecraft the first time, but somehow when I run it the second time, the file gets blanked out. I'm not sure where or why or how I'm wiping the file clean, can someone please help me? Here's my code; the offending method is loadConfig():
package net.minecraft.src;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
import java.io.*;
/**
* Class for managing my custom client's properties
*
* #author oxguy3
*/
public abstract class OxProps
{
public static boolean configloaded = false;
private static Properties props = new Properties();
private static String[] usernames;
public static void loadConfig() {
System.out.println("loadConfig() called");
if (!configloaded) {
System.out.println("loading config for the first time");
File cfile = new File("oxconfig.properties");
boolean configisnew;
if (!cfile.exists()) {
System.out.println("cfile failed exists(), creating blank file");
try {
configisnew = cfile.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
configisnew=true;
}
} else {
System.out.println("cfile passed exists(), proceding");
configisnew=false;
}
FileInputStream cin = null;
FileOutputStream cout = null;
try {
cin = new FileInputStream(cfile);
cout = new FileOutputStream(cfile);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
if (!configisnew) { //if the config already existed
System.out.println("config already existed");
try {
props.load(cin);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else { //if it doesn't exist, and therefore needs to be created
System.out.println("creating new config");
props.setProperty("names", "oxguy3, Player");
props.setProperty("cloak_url", "http://s3.amazonaws.com/MinecraftCloaks/akronman1.png");
try {
props.store(cout, "OXGUY3'S CUSTOM CLIENT\n\ncloak_url is the URL to get custom cloaks from\nnames are the usernames to give cloaks to\n");
cout.flush();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
String names = props.getProperty("names");
System.out.println("names: "+names);
try {
usernames = Pattern.compile(", ").split(names);
} catch (NullPointerException npe) {
npe.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println("usernames: "+Arrays.toString(usernames));
configloaded=true;
}
}
public static boolean checkUsername(String username) {
loadConfig();
System.out.println("Checking username...");
for (int i=0; i<usernames.length; i++) {
System.out.println("comparing "+username+" with config value "+usernames[i]);
if (username.startsWith(usernames[i])){
System.out.println("we got a match!");
return true;
}
}
System.out.println("no match found");
return false;
}
public static String getCloakUrl() {
loadConfig();
return props.getProperty("cloak_url", "http://s3.amazonaws.com/MinecraftCloaks/akronman1.png");
}
}
If it's too hard to read here, it's also on Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/9UscXWap
Thanks!
You are unconditionally creating new FileOutputStream(cfile). This will overwrite the existing file with an empty one. You should only invoke the FileOutputStream constructor when writing a new config file.
if (configloaded)
return;
File cfile = new File("oxconfig.properties");
try {
if (cfile.createNewFile()) {
try {
FileOutputStream cout = new FileOutputStream(cfile);
props.setProperty("names", "oxguy3, Player");
props.setProperty("cloak_url", "http://...");
...
cout.flush();
} finally {
cout.close();
}
} else {
FileInputStream cin = new FileInputStream(cfile);
try {
props.load(cin);
} finally {
cin.close();
}
}
configloaded=true;
} catch(IOException ex) {
e.printStackTrace();
}