com.simplifiedlogic.nitro.jlink.impl

Class NitroUtils

java.lang.Object

com.simplifiedlogic.nitro.jlink.impl.NitroUtils

public class NitroUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Generally useful utility methods

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NitroUtils()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	compareDirNames(java.lang.String dir1, java.lang.String dir2) Compare two directory names to see if they are equivalent
static int	findFileBase(java.lang.String filename) Get the character position of the final name in a path.
static int	findFileExtension(java.lang.String filename) Get the character position of a file extension in a file name.
static boolean	hasBinary(java.lang.String val) Check whether a string contains non-ASCII data
static boolean	isPattern(java.lang.String pattern) Check whether a string contains a pattern (wildcard) value.
static boolean	isValidURL(java.lang.String urlStr) Check whether a string contains a valid URL.
static java.lang.String	removeExtension(java.lang.String filename)
static java.lang.String	removeNumericExtension(java.lang.String filename) Strip the Creo revision number from a file name
static java.lang.String	setFileExtension(java.lang.String filename, java.lang.String ext) Add an extension to a file name, or replace an existing extension.
static java.lang.String	transformPattern(java.lang.String pattern) Transform a user-provided search pattern into a Java regular expression string.
static void	validateDirFile(java.lang.String dirname, java.lang.String filename, boolean writable) Validate that a directory and file exist.
static void	validateNameChars(java.lang.String name) Check whether a string contains any characters that would be invalid in a Creo object name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NitroUtils

public NitroUtils()

Method Detail

setFileExtension

public static java.lang.String setFileExtension(java.lang.String filename,
                                java.lang.String ext)

Add an extension to a file name, or replace an existing extension.

Parameters:

filename - The file name to modify

ext - The extension to add or update. Must include the dot.

Returns:

The updated file name

findFileExtension

public static int findFileExtension(java.lang.String filename)

Get the character position of a file extension in a file name.

Parameters:

filename - The file name to search

Returns:

The position of the last dot after the last slash in the name, or -1 if there is no extension

findFileBase

public static int findFileBase(java.lang.String filename)

Get the character position of the final name in a path.

Parameters:

filename - The path/file name to search

Returns:

The position right after the last slash in the name, or -1 if there are no slashes

removeExtension

public static java.lang.String removeExtension(java.lang.String filename)

removeNumericExtension

public static java.lang.String removeNumericExtension(java.lang.String filename)

Strip the Creo revision number from a file name

Parameters:

filename - The file name to update

Returns:

The updated file name

validateDirFile

public static void validateDirFile(java.lang.String dirname,
                   java.lang.String filename,
                   boolean writable)
                            throws JLIException

Validate that a directory and file exist. If file!=null and writable=true then it also checks whether the file is writable.

Parameters:

dirname - The directory name to check. If null, then the application's execution directory (NOT the Creo working directory) is used

filename - The file name to check.

writable - Whether to check that the file is writable

Throws:

JLIException - The validation failed

compareDirNames

public static boolean compareDirNames(java.lang.String dir1,
                      java.lang.String dir2)

Compare two directory names to see if they are equivalent

Parameters:

dir1 -

dir2 -

Returns:

True if the directory names are equivalent

isPattern

public static boolean isPattern(java.lang.String pattern)

Check whether a string contains a pattern (wildcard) value. This checks for the characters *, ?, | or [ in the string.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern to check

Returns:

Whether the string contains a pattern

transformPattern

public static java.lang.String transformPattern(java.lang.String pattern)

Transform a user-provided search pattern into a Java regular expression string.

Parameters:

pattern - The user filter pattern

Returns:

A Java regular expression string

hasBinary

public static boolean hasBinary(java.lang.String val)

Check whether a string contains non-ASCII data

Parameters:

val - The string to check

Returns:

Whether a string contains non-ASCII data

validateNameChars

public static void validateNameChars(java.lang.String name)
                              throws JLIException

Check whether a string contains any characters that would be invalid in a Creo object name.

Parameters:

name - The name to validate.

Throws:

JLIException - The validation failed.

isValidURL

public static boolean isValidURL(java.lang.String urlStr)

Check whether a string contains a valid URL.

Parameters:

urlStr - The string to validate

Returns:

Whether the string contains a valid URL