Package com.intellij.openapi.vfs

Class VirtualFileWrapper

java.lang.Object

com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFileWrapper

public class VirtualFileWrapper
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for work with both java.io.File and VirtualFile. It helps to create new VirtualFiles by java.io.Files. It is helpful for storing information about non-existing files with possibility to create VirtualFile on demand.

See Also:

VirtualFile

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
VirtualFileWrapper(java.io.File file) Constructs wrapper based on java.io.File

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	exists() Tests whether the file passed to constructor exists.
java.io.File	getFile() Returns original java.io.File
VirtualFile	getVirtualFile() Refreshes LocalFileSystem and looks for VirtualFile
VirtualFile	getVirtualFile(boolean createIfNotExist) Looks for VirtualFile and tries to create new VirtualFile if createIfNotExist is true and file is not exist.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

VirtualFileWrapper

public VirtualFileWrapper(java.io.File file)

Constructs wrapper based on java.io.File

Parameters:

file - java.io.File

Method Detail

exists

public boolean exists()

Tests whether the file passed to constructor exists.

Returns:

true if and only if the file passed to constructor exists; false otherwise

Throws:

java.lang.SecurityException - If a security manager exists and its SecurityManager.checkRead(java.lang.String) method denies read access to the file or directory

getVirtualFile

public VirtualFile getVirtualFile()

Refreshes LocalFileSystem and looks for VirtualFile

Returns:

VirtualFile or null if file is not exist

getVirtualFile

public VirtualFile getVirtualFile(boolean createIfNotExist)

Looks for VirtualFile and tries to create new VirtualFile if createIfNotExist is true and file is not exist.

Parameters:

createIfNotExist - if true and java.io.File is not exist, VirtualFileWrapper will try to create new file

Returns:

virtual file

getFile

public java.io.File getFile()

Returns original java.io.File

Returns:

original java.io.File