com.aragost.io
Class InPlaceFileWriter

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.Writer
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        +--java.io.OutputStreamWriter
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              +--java.io.FileWriter
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                    +--com.aragost.io.InPlaceFileWriter

public class InPlaceFileWriter

extends java.io.FileWriter

An InPlaceFileWriter can be used to write to a file, while at the same time reading from it. What is actually happening is that it is written to a temporary tile, and when the writer is closed, the temporary file is renamed to the "real" file.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.io.Writer

lock

Constructor Summary

InPlaceFileWriter(java.io.File f)
Creates new InPlaceFileWriter

InPlaceFileWriter(java.io.File f, java.io.File backupFile)

Method Summary

void	close()
java.io.File	getBackupFile() Getter for property backupFile.
void	setBackupFile(java.io.File backupFile) Setter for property backupFile.

Methods inherited from class java.io.OutputStreamWriter

flush, getEncoding, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.io.Writer

write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InPlaceFileWriter

public InPlaceFileWriter(java.io.File f)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Creates new InPlaceFileWriter

InPlaceFileWriter

public InPlaceFileWriter(java.io.File f,
                         java.io.File backupFile)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Method Detail

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Overrides:

close in class java.io.OutputStreamWriter

java.io.IOException

getBackupFile

public java.io.File getBackupFile()

Getter for property backupFile.

Returns:

Value of property backupFile.

setBackupFile

public void setBackupFile(java.io.File backupFile)

Setter for property backupFile.

Parameters:

backupFile - New value of property backupFile.