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Avoiding Overwriting a File

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] Args) {
    String filepath = "C:/myFile.txt";
    File aFile = new File(filepath);
    FileOutputStream outputFile = null;
    if (aFile.isFile()) {
      File newFile = aFile;
      do {
        String name = newFile.getName();
        int period = name.indexOf(".");
        newFile = new File(newFile.getParent(), name.substring(0, period) + "_old"
            + name.substring(period));
      } while (newFile.exists());
      aFile.renameTo(newFile);
    }
    try {
      outputFile = new FileOutputStream(aFile);
      System.out.println("myFile.txt output stream created");
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
      e.printStackTrace(System.err);
    }
  }
}





Compare binary files

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2003 - 2007 OpenSubsystems s.r.o. Slovak Republic. All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Project: OpenSubsystems
 * 
 * $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.12 2007/02/01 07:18:32 bastafidli Exp $
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. 
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA 
 */

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * Collection of methods to make work with files easier.
 * 
 * @version $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.12 2007/02/01 07:18:32 bastafidli Exp $
 * @author Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewer Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewed 1.7 2006/05/21 03:45:37 bastafidli
 */
public class FileUtils
{
   // Configuration settings ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
    * Default 10 digit file storage distribution array. This means that if I 
    * want to name file as 10 digit number e.g. number 123 as 0000000123 or 
    * number 123456789 as 01234567890. Then the path constructed from number 
    * 1234567890 using distribution 2/2/2/4 would be 12/34/56/0123456789 
    */
   public static final int[] DEFAULT_STRORAGE_TREE_DISTRIBUTION = {2, 2, 2, 4};
   
   /**
    * How big buffer to use to process files.
    */
   public static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 65536;
   
   // Cached values ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
    * Temporary directory to use. It is guarantee that it ends with \ (or /)
    */
   protected static String s_strTempDirectory;
   
   // Constructors /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
  
   
   /**
    * Move file to a new location. If the destination is on different volume,
    * this file will be copied and then original file will be deleted.
    * If the destination already exists, this method renames it with different
    * name and leaves it in that directory and moves the new file along side 
    * the renamed one.
    * 
    * @param flCurrent - file to move
    * @param flDestination - destination file
    * @throws IOException - error message
    * @throws OSSException - error message
    */
   public static void moveFile(
      File flCurrent, 
      File flDestination
   ) throws IOException
   {
      // Make sure that the source exist, it might be already moved from 
      // a directory and we just don"t know about it
      if (flCurrent.exists())
      {
         // Next check if the destination file exists
         if (flDestination.exists())
         {
            // If the destination exists, that means something went wrong
            // Rename the destination file under temporaty name and try to  
            // move the new file instead of it
          
            renameToTemporaryName(flDestination, "old");
         }
      
         // Make sure the directory exists and if not create it
         File flFolder;
         
         flFolder = flDestination.getParentFile();
         if ((flFolder != null) && (!flFolder.exists()))
         {
            if (!flFolder.mkdirs())
            {
               // Do not throw the exception if the directory already exists
               // because it was created meanwhile for example by a different 
               // thread
               if (!flFolder.exists())
               {
                  throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + flFolder);
               }
            }
         }
         
         // Now everything should exist so try to rename the file first
         // After testing, this renames files even between volumes C to H 
         // so we don"t have to do anything else on Windows but we still
         // have to handle erro on Unix 
         if (!flCurrent.renameTo(flDestination))
         {
            // Try to copy and delete since the rename doesn"t work on Solaris
            // between file systems
            copyFile(flCurrent, flDestination);
            
            // Now delete the file
            if (!flCurrent.delete())
            {
               // Delete the destination file first since we haven"t really moved
               // the file
               flDestination.delete();
               throw new IOException("Cannot delete already copied file " + flCurrent);
            }
         }
      }   
   }
 
   /**
    * Copy the current file to the destination file.
    * 
    * @param flCurrent - source file
    * @param flDestination - destination file
    * @throws IOException - error message
    * @throws OSSException - error message
    */  
   public static void copyFile(
      File flCurrent,
      File flDestination
   ) throws IOException
   {
     // Make sure the directory exists and if not create it
     File flFolder;
     
     flFolder = flDestination.getParentFile();
     if ((flFolder != null) && (!flFolder.exists()))
     {
        if (!flFolder.mkdirs())
        {
           // Do not throw the exception if the directory already exists
           // because it was created meanwhile for example by a different 
           // thread
           if (!flFolder.exists())
           {
              throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + flFolder);
           }
        }
     }
      // FileChannel srcChannel = null;
      // FileChannel dstChannel = null;
      FileInputStream finInput = null;
      
      //MHALAS: This code is not working reliably on Solaris 8 with 1.4.1_01
      // Getting exceptions from native code
      /*
      // Create channel on the source
      srcChannel = new FileInputStream(flCurrent).getChannel();
      // Create channel on the destination
      dstChannel = new FileOutputStream(flDestination).getChannel();
 
      // Copy file contents from source to destination
      dstChannel.transferFrom(srcChannel, 0, srcChannel.size());   
         
      Don"t forget to close the channels if you enable this code again
      */
      try
      {
         finInput = new FileInputStream(flCurrent);
      }
      catch (IOException ioExec)
      {
         if (finInput != null)
         {
            try
            {
               finInput.close();
            }
            catch (Throwable thr)
            {
              
            }
         }
         throw ioExec;
      }
      FileUtils.copyStreamToFile(finInput, flDestination);
   }
   
   /**
    * Rename the file to temporaty name with given prefix
    * 
    * @param flFileToRename - file to rename
    * @param strPrefix - prefix to use
    * @throws IOException - error message
    */
   public static void renameToTemporaryName(
      File   flFileToRename,
      String strPrefix
   ) throws IOException
   {
      assert strPrefix != null : "Prefix cannot be null.";
      
      String       strParent;
      StringBuffer sbBuffer = new StringBuffer();
      File         flTemp;
      int          iIndex = 0;
      
      strParent = flFileToRename.getParent();
      // Generate new name for the file in a deterministic way
      do
      {
         iIndex++;
         sbBuffer.delete(0, sbBuffer.length());
         if (strParent != null) 
         {
            sbBuffer.append(strParent);
            sbBuffer.append(File.separatorChar);
         }
         
         sbBuffer.append(strPrefix);
         sbBuffer.append("_");
         sbBuffer.append(iIndex);
         sbBuffer.append("_");
         sbBuffer.append(flFileToRename.getName());
               
         flTemp = new File(sbBuffer.toString());
      }      
      while (flTemp.exists());
      
      // Now we should have unique name
      if (!flFileToRename.renameTo(flTemp))
      {
         throw new IOException("Cannot rename " + flFileToRename.getAbsolutePath()
                               + " to " + flTemp.getAbsolutePath());
      }
   }
   /** 
    * Delete all files and directories in directory but do not delete the
    * directory itself.
    * 
    * @param strDir - string that specifies directory to delete
    * @return boolean - sucess flag
    */
   public static boolean deleteDirectoryContent(
      String strDir
   )
   {
      return ((strDir != null) && (strDir.length() > 0)) 
              ? deleteDirectoryContent(new File(strDir)) : false;
   }
   /** 
    * Delete all files and directories in directory but do not delete the
    * directory itself.
    * 
    * @param fDir - directory to delete
    * @return boolean - sucess flag
    */
   public static boolean deleteDirectoryContent(
      File fDir
   )
   {
      boolean bRetval = false;
      if (fDir != null && fDir.isDirectory()) 
      {
         File[] files = fDir.listFiles();
   
         if (files != null)
         {
            bRetval = true;
            boolean dirDeleted;
            
            for (int index = 0; index < files.length; index++)
            {
               if (files[index].isDirectory())
               {
                  // TODO: Performance: Implement this as a queue where you add to
                  // the end and take from the beginning, it will be more efficient
                  // than the recursion
                  dirDeleted = deleteDirectoryContent(files[index]);
                  if (dirDeleted)
                  {
                     bRetval = bRetval && files[index].delete();
                  }
                  else
                  {
                     bRetval = false;
                  }
               }
               else
               {
                  bRetval = bRetval && files[index].delete();
               }
            }
         }
      }
      return bRetval;
   }
   /**
    * Deletes all files and subdirectories under the specified directory including 
    * the specified directory
    * 
    * @param strDir - string that specifies directory to be deleted
    * @return boolean - true if directory was successfully deleted
    */
   public static boolean deleteDir(
      String strDir
   ) 
   {
      return ((strDir != null) && (strDir.length() > 0)) 
                ? deleteDir(new File(strDir)) : false;
   }
   
   /**
    * Deletes all files and subdirectories under the specified directory including 
    * the specified directory
    * 
    * @param fDir - directory to be deleted
    * @return boolean - true if directory was successfully deleted
    */
   public static boolean deleteDir(
      File fDir
   ) 
   {
      boolean bRetval = false;
      if (fDir != null && fDir.exists())
      {
         bRetval = deleteDirectoryContent(fDir);
         if (bRetval)
         {
            bRetval = bRetval && fDir.delete();         
         }
      }
      return bRetval;
   }
   
   /**
    * Compare binary files. Both files must be files (not directories) and exist.
    * 
    * @param first  - first file
    * @param second - second file
    * @return boolean - true if files are binery equal
    * @throws IOException - error in function
    */
   public boolean isFileBinaryEqual(
      File first,
      File second
   ) throws IOException
   {
      // TODO: Test: Missing test
      boolean retval = false;
      
      if ((first.exists()) && (second.exists()) 
         && (first.isFile()) && (second.isFile()))
      {
         if (first.getCanonicalPath().equals(second.getCanonicalPath()))
         {
            retval = true;
         }
         else
         {
            FileInputStream firstInput = null;
            FileInputStream secondInput = null;
            BufferedInputStream bufFirstInput = null;
            BufferedInputStream bufSecondInput = null;
            try
            {            
               firstInput = new FileInputStream(first); 
               secondInput = new FileInputStream(second);
               bufFirstInput = new BufferedInputStream(firstInput, BUFFER_SIZE); 
               bufSecondInput = new BufferedInputStream(secondInput, BUFFER_SIZE);
   
               int firstByte;
               int secondByte;
               
               while (true)
               {
                  firstByte = bufFirstInput.read();
                  secondByte = bufSecondInput.read();
                  if (firstByte != secondByte)
                  {
                     break;
                  }
                  if ((firstByte < 0) && (secondByte < 0))
                  {
                     retval = true;
                     break;
                  }
               }
            }
            finally
            {
               try
               {
                  if (bufFirstInput != null)
                  {
                     bufFirstInput.close();
                  }
               }
               finally
               {
                  if (bufSecondInput != null)
                  {
                     bufSecondInput.close();
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
      
      return retval;
   }

      
   /**
    * Get path which represents temporary directory. It is guarantee that it 
    * ends with \ (or /).
    * 
    * @return String
    */
   public static String getTemporaryDirectory(
   )
   {
      return s_strTempDirectory;
   }
   
   /**
    * Copy any input stream to output file. Once the data will be copied
    * the stream will be closed.
    * 
    * @param input  - InputStream to copy from
    * @param output - File to copy to
    * @throws IOException - error in function
    * @throws OSSMultiException - double error in function
    */
   public static void copyStreamToFile(
      InputStream input,
      File        output
   ) throws IOException
   {
      FileOutputStream foutOutput = null;
      // open input file as stream safe - it can throw some IOException
      try
      {
         foutOutput = new FileOutputStream(output);
      }
      catch (IOException ioExec)
      {
         if (foutOutput != null)
         {
            try
            {
               foutOutput.close();
            }
            catch (IOException ioExec2)
            {
               
            }
         }            
         
         throw ioExec;
      }
      // all streams including os are closed in copyStreamToStream function 
      // in any case
      copyStreamToStream(input, foutOutput);
   }
   /**
    * Copy any input stream to output stream. Once the data will be copied
    * both streams will be closed.
    * 
    * @param input  - InputStream to copy from
    * @param output - OutputStream to copy to
    * @throws IOException - io error in function
    * @throws OSSMultiException - double error in function
    */
   public static void copyStreamToStream(
      InputStream input,
      OutputStream output
   ) throws IOException
   {
      InputStream is = null;
      OutputStream os = null;
      int                 ch;
      try
      {
         if (input instanceof BufferedInputStream)
         {
            is = input;
         }
         else
         {
            is = new BufferedInputStream(input);
         }
         if (output instanceof BufferedOutputStream)
         {
            os = output;
         }
         else
         {
            os = new BufferedOutputStream(output);
         }
   
         while ((ch = is.read()) != -1)
         {
            os.write(ch);
         }
         os.flush();
      }
      finally
      {
         IOException exec1 = null;
         IOException exec2 = null;
         try
         {
            // because this close can throw exception we do next close in 
            // finally statement
            if (os != null)
            {
               try
               {
                  os.close();
               }
               catch (IOException exec)
               {
                  exec1 = exec;
               }
            }
         }
         finally
         {
            if (is != null)
            {
               try
               {
                  is.close();
               }
               catch (IOException exec)
               {
                  exec2 = exec;
               }
            }
         }
         if ((exec1 != null) && (exec2 != null))
         {
           throw exec1;
         }
         else if (exec1 != null)
         {
            throw exec1;
         }
         else if (exec2 != null)
         {
            throw exec2;
         }
      }
   }
}





Copying Files using FileChannel

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    File fromFile = new File("fromFile.txt");
    File toFile = new File("toFile.txt");
    FileInputStream inFile = new FileInputStream(fromFile);
    FileOutputStream outFile = new FileOutputStream(toFile);
    FileChannel inChannel = inFile.getChannel();
    FileChannel outChannel = outFile.getChannel();
    int bytesWritten = 0;
    long byteCount = inChannel.size();
    while (bytesWritten < byteCount) {
      bytesWritten += inChannel.transferTo(bytesWritten, byteCount - bytesWritten, outChannel);
    }
    inFile.close();
    outFile.close();
  }
}





Count files in a directory (including files in all subdirectories)

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Utils {
  /**
   * Count files in a directory (including files in all subdirectories)
   * @param directory the directory to start in
   * @return the total number of files
   */
  public static int countFilesInDirectory(File directory) {
      int count = 0;
      for (File file : directory.listFiles()) {
          if (file.isFile()) {
              count++;
          }
          if (file.isDirectory()) {
              count += countFilesInDirectory(file);
          }
      }
      return count;
  }
}





Ensuring a File Exists

import java.io.File;
   import java.io.FileOutputStream;
   import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
   
   public class GuaranteeAFile {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
   
       String filename = "C:/myFile.txt";
       File aFile = new File(filename);   
       if (aFile.isDirectory()) {
         System.out.println("The path " + aFile.getPath()
                            + " does not specify a file. Program aborted.");
         System.exit(1);
       }
       if (!aFile.isFile()) {
         aFile = aFile.getAbsoluteFile();
         File parentDir = new File(aFile.getParent());
         if (!parentDir.exists()) {
           parentDir.mkdirs();
         }
       }
        FileOutputStream outputFile = null;
       try {
         outputFile = new FileOutputStream(aFile, true);
       } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
         e.printStackTrace(System.err);
       }
     }
   }





Extract File Extension

/** 
 * 
 * The ObjectStyle Group Software License, version 1.1
 * ObjectStyle Group - http://objectstyle.org/
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2005, Andrei (Andrus) Adamchik and individual authors
 * of the software. All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
 *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
 *    distribution.
 * 
 * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any,
 *    must include the following acknowlegement:
 *    "This product includes software developed by independent contributors
 *    and hosted on ObjectStyle Group web site (http://objectstyle.org/)."
 *    Alternately, this acknowlegement may appear in the software itself,
 *    if and wherever such third-party acknowlegements normally appear.
 * 
 * 4. The names "ObjectStyle Group" and "Cayenne" must not be used to endorse
 *    or promote products derived from this software without prior written
 *    permission. For written permission, email
 *    "andrus at objectstyle dot org".
 * 
 * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "ObjectStyle"
 *    or "Cayenne", nor may "ObjectStyle" or "Cayenne" appear in their
 *    names without prior written permission.
 * 
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS"" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
 * DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OBJECTSTYLE GROUP OR
 * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
 * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
 * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
 * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
 * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
 * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 * SUCH DAMAGE.
 * 
 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
 * individuals and hosted on ObjectStyle Group web site.  For more
 * information on the ObjectStyle Group, please see
 * <http://objectstyle.org/>.
 */
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Member;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.net.URL;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.ruparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
/**
 * Contains various unorganized static utility methods used across Cayenne.
 * 
 * @author Andrei Adamchik
 */
public class Util {
  /**
   * Extracts extension from the file name. Dot is not included in the returned string.
   */
  public static String extractFileExtension(String fileName) {
      int dotInd = fileName.lastIndexOf(".");
      // if dot is in the first position,
      // we are dealing with a hidden file rather than an extension
      return (dotInd > 0 && dotInd < fileName.length()) ? fileName
              .substring(dotInd + 1) : null;
  }
}





Format Size

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Colin Bell
 * colbell@users.sourceforge.net
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
import java.io.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
 * General purpose utilities functions.
 *
 * @author 
 */
public class Utilities
{
  public static String formatSize(long longSize, int decimalPos)
  {
     NumberFormat fmt = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance();
     if (decimalPos >= 0)
     {
        fmt.setMaximumFractionDigits(decimalPos);
     }
     final double size = longSize;
     double val = size / (1024 * 1024);
     if (val > 1)
     {
        return fmt.format(val).concat(" MB");
     }
     val = size / 1024;
     if (val > 10)
     {
        return fmt.format(val).concat(" KB");
     }
     return fmt.format(val).concat(" bytes");
  }
}





Get file date and time

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
/*
 * IzPack - Copyright 2001-2008 Julien Ponge, All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * http://izpack.org/
 * http://izpack.codehaus.org/
 *
 * Copyright 2005 Marc Eppelmann
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

/**
 * Provides general global file utility methods
 *
 * @author marc.eppelmann
 */
class FileUtil
{
    //~ Constructors ***********************************************************************
    /**
     * Creates a new FileUtil object.
     */
    public FileUtil()
    {
    }
    //~ Methods ****************************************************************************
    /**
     * Gets the content from a File as StringArray List.
     *
     * @param fileName A file to read from.
     * @return List of individual line of the specified file. List may be empty but not
     *         null.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static ArrayList getFileContent(String fileName)
            throws IOException
    {
        ArrayList result = new ArrayList();
        File aFile = new File(fileName);
        if (!aFile.isFile())
        {
            //throw new IOException( fileName + " is not a regular File" );
            return result; // None
        }
        BufferedReader reader = null;
        try
        {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(aFile));
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException e1)
        {
            // TODO handle Exception
            e1.printStackTrace();
            return result;
        }
        String aLine = null;
        while ((aLine = reader.readLine()) != null)
        {
            result.add(aLine + "\n");
        }
        reader.close();
        return result;
    }
    /**
     * Searches case sensitively, and returns true if the given SearchString occurs in the
     * first File with the given Filename.
     *
     * @param aFileName     A files name
     * @param aSearchString the string search for
     * @return true if found in the file otherwise false
     */
    public static boolean fileContains(String aFileName, String aSearchString)
    {
        return (fileContains(aFileName, aSearchString, false));
    }
    /**
     * Tests if the given File contains the given Search String
     *
     * @param aFileName             A files name
     * @param aSearchString         the String to search for
     * @param caseInSensitiveSearch If false the Search is casesensitive
     * @return true if found in the file otherwise false
     */
    public static boolean fileContains(String aFileName, String aSearchString,
                                       boolean caseInSensitiveSearch)
    {
        boolean result = false;
        String searchString = caseInSensitiveSearch
                ? aSearchString.toLowerCase() : aSearchString;
        ArrayList fileContent = new ArrayList();
        try
        {
            fileContent = getFileContent(aFileName);
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            // TODO handle Exception
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        Iterator linesIter = fileContent.iterator();
        while (linesIter.hasNext())
        {
            String currentline = (String) linesIter.next();
            if (caseInSensitiveSearch)
            {
                currentline = currentline.toLowerCase();
            }
            if (currentline.indexOf(searchString) > -1)
            {
                result = true;
                break;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
    /**
     * Gets file date and time.
     *
     * @param url The URL of the file for which date and time will be returned.
     * @return Returns long value which is the date and time of the file. If any error
     *         occures returns -1 (=no file date and time available).
     */
    public static long getFileDateTime(URL url)
    {
        if (url == null)
        {
            return -1;
        }
        String fileName = url.getFile();
        if (fileName.charAt(0) == "/" || fileName.charAt(0) == "\\")
        {
            fileName = fileName.substring(1, fileName.length());
        }
        try
        {
            File file = new File(fileName);
            // File name must be a file or a directory.
            if (!file.isDirectory() && !file.isFile())
            {
                return -1;
            }
            return file.lastModified();
        }
        catch (java.lang.Exception e)
        {   // Trap all Exception based exceptions and return -1.
            return -1;
        }
    }
    public static String[] getFileNames(String dirPath) throws Exception
    {
        return getFileNames(dirPath, null);
    }
    public static String[] getFileNames(String dirPath, FilenameFilter fileNameFilter) throws Exception
    {
        String fileNames[] = null;
        File dir = new File(dirPath);
        if (dir.isDirectory())
        {
            if (fileNameFilter != null)
            {
                fileNames = dir.list(fileNameFilter);
            }
            else
            {
                fileNames = dir.list();
            }
        }
        return fileNames;
    }
    /**
     * Test main
     *
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    }
}





Get File Name Suffix

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Colin Bell
 * colbell@users.sourceforge.net
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
import java.io.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
 * General purpose utilities functions.
 *
 * @author 
 */
public class Utilities
{
  /**
   * Return the suffix of the passed file name.
   *
   * @param  fileName  File name to retrieve suffix for.
   *
   * @return Suffix for <TT>fileName</TT> or an empty string
   *       if unable to get the suffix.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException  if <TT>null</TT> file name passed.
   */
  public static String getFileNameSuffix(String fileName)
  {
     if (fileName == null)
     {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("file name == null");
     }
     int pos = fileName.lastIndexOf(".");
     if (pos > 0 && pos < fileName.length() - 1)
     {
        return fileName.substring(pos + 1);
     }
     return "";
  }
}





Move File

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2003 - 2007 OpenSubsystems s.r.o. Slovak Republic. All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Project: OpenSubsystems
 * 
 * $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.12 2007/02/01 07:18:32 bastafidli Exp $
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. 
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA 
 */

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * Collection of methods to make work with files easier.
 * 
 * @version $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.12 2007/02/01 07:18:32 bastafidli Exp $
 * @author Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewer Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewed 1.7 2006/05/21 03:45:37 bastafidli
 */
public class FileUtils
{
   // Configuration settings ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
    * Default 10 digit file storage distribution array. This means that if I 
    * want to name file as 10 digit number e.g. number 123 as 0000000123 or 
    * number 123456789 as 01234567890. Then the path constructed from number 
    * 1234567890 using distribution 2/2/2/4 would be 12/34/56/0123456789 
    */
   public static final int[] DEFAULT_STRORAGE_TREE_DISTRIBUTION = {2, 2, 2, 4};
   
   /**
    * How big buffer to use to process files.
    */
   public static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 65536;
   
   // Cached values ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
    * Temporary directory to use. It is guarantee that it ends with \ (or /)
    */
   protected static String s_strTempDirectory;
   
   // Constructors /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
  
   
   /**
    * Move file to a new location. If the destination is on different volume,
    * this file will be copied and then original file will be deleted.
    * If the destination already exists, this method renames it with different
    * name and leaves it in that directory and moves the new file along side 
    * the renamed one.
    * 
    * @param flCurrent - file to move
    * @param flDestination - destination file
    * @throws IOException - error message
    * @throws OSSException - error message
    */
   public static void moveFile(
      File flCurrent, 
      File flDestination
   ) throws IOException
   {
      // Make sure that the source exist, it might be already moved from 
      // a directory and we just don"t know about it
      if (flCurrent.exists())
      {
         // Next check if the destination file exists
         if (flDestination.exists())
         {
            // If the destination exists, that means something went wrong
            // Rename the destination file under temporaty name and try to  
            // move the new file instead of it
          
            renameToTemporaryName(flDestination, "old");
         }
      
         // Make sure the directory exists and if not create it
         File flFolder;
         
         flFolder = flDestination.getParentFile();
         if ((flFolder != null) && (!flFolder.exists()))
         {
            if (!flFolder.mkdirs())
            {
               // Do not throw the exception if the directory already exists
               // because it was created meanwhile for example by a different 
               // thread
               if (!flFolder.exists())
               {
                  throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + flFolder);
               }
            }
         }
         
         // Now everything should exist so try to rename the file first
         // After testing, this renames files even between volumes C to H 
         // so we don"t have to do anything else on Windows but we still
         // have to handle erro on Unix 
         if (!flCurrent.renameTo(flDestination))
         {
            // Try to copy and delete since the rename doesn"t work on Solaris
            // between file systems
            copyFile(flCurrent, flDestination);
            
            // Now delete the file
            if (!flCurrent.delete())
            {
               // Delete the destination file first since we haven"t really moved
               // the file
               flDestination.delete();
               throw new IOException("Cannot delete already copied file " + flCurrent);
            }
         }
      }   
   }
 
   /**
    * Copy the current file to the destination file.
    * 
    * @param flCurrent - source file
    * @param flDestination - destination file
    * @throws IOException - error message
    * @throws OSSException - error message
    */  
   public static void copyFile(
      File flCurrent,
      File flDestination
   ) throws IOException
   {
     // Make sure the directory exists and if not create it
     File flFolder;
     
     flFolder = flDestination.getParentFile();
     if ((flFolder != null) && (!flFolder.exists()))
     {
        if (!flFolder.mkdirs())
        {
           // Do not throw the exception if the directory already exists
           // because it was created meanwhile for example by a different 
           // thread
           if (!flFolder.exists())
           {
              throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + flFolder);
           }
        }
     }
      // FileChannel srcChannel = null;
      // FileChannel dstChannel = null;
      FileInputStream finInput = null;
      
      //MHALAS: This code is not working reliably on Solaris 8 with 1.4.1_01
      // Getting exceptions from native code
      /*
      // Create channel on the source
      srcChannel = new FileInputStream(flCurrent).getChannel();
      // Create channel on the destination
      dstChannel = new FileOutputStream(flDestination).getChannel();
 
      // Copy file contents from source to destination
      dstChannel.transferFrom(srcChannel, 0, srcChannel.size());   
         
      Don"t forget to close the channels if you enable this code again
      */
      try
      {
         finInput = new FileInputStream(flCurrent);
      }
      catch (IOException ioExec)
      {
         if (finInput != null)
         {
            try
            {
               finInput.close();
            }
            catch (Throwable thr)
            {
              
            }
         }
         throw ioExec;
      }
      FileUtils.copyStreamToFile(finInput, flDestination);
   }
   
   /**
    * Rename the file to temporaty name with given prefix
    * 
    * @param flFileToRename - file to rename
    * @param strPrefix - prefix to use
    * @throws IOException - error message
    */
   public static void renameToTemporaryName(
      File   flFileToRename,
      String strPrefix
   ) throws IOException
   {
      assert strPrefix != null : "Prefix cannot be null.";
      
      String       strParent;
      StringBuffer sbBuffer = new StringBuffer();
      File         flTemp;
      int          iIndex = 0;
      
      strParent = flFileToRename.getParent();
      // Generate new name for the file in a deterministic way
      do
      {
         iIndex++;
         sbBuffer.delete(0, sbBuffer.length());
         if (strParent != null) 
         {
            sbBuffer.append(strParent);
            sbBuffer.append(File.separatorChar);
         }
         
         sbBuffer.append(strPrefix);
         sbBuffer.append("_");
         sbBuffer.append(iIndex);
         sbBuffer.append("_");
         sbBuffer.append(flFileToRename.getName());
               
         flTemp = new File(sbBuffer.toString());
      }      
      while (flTemp.exists());
      
      // Now we should have unique name
      if (!flFileToRename.renameTo(flTemp))
      {
         throw new IOException("Cannot rename " + flFileToRename.getAbsolutePath()
                               + " to " + flTemp.getAbsolutePath());
      }
   }
   /** 
    * Delete all files and directories in directory but do not delete the
    * directory itself.
    * 
    * @param strDir - string that specifies directory to delete
    * @return boolean - sucess flag
    */
   public static boolean deleteDirectoryContent(
      String strDir
   )
   {
      return ((strDir != null) && (strDir.length() > 0)) 
              ? deleteDirectoryContent(new File(strDir)) : false;
   }
   /** 
    * Delete all files and directories in directory but do not delete the
    * directory itself.
    * 
    * @param fDir - directory to delete
    * @return boolean - sucess flag
    */
   public static boolean deleteDirectoryContent(
      File fDir
   )
   {
      boolean bRetval = false;
      if (fDir != null && fDir.isDirectory()) 
      {
         File[] files = fDir.listFiles();
   
         if (files != null)
         {
            bRetval = true;
            boolean dirDeleted;
            
            for (int index = 0; index < files.length; index++)
            {
               if (files[index].isDirectory())
               {
                  // TODO: Performance: Implement this as a queue where you add to
                  // the end and take from the beginning, it will be more efficient
                  // than the recursion
                  dirDeleted = deleteDirectoryContent(files[index]);
                  if (dirDeleted)
                  {
                     bRetval = bRetval && files[index].delete();
                  }
                  else
                  {
                     bRetval = false;
                  }
               }
               else
               {
                  bRetval = bRetval && files[index].delete();
               }
            }
         }
      }
      return bRetval;
   }
   /**
    * Deletes all files and subdirectories under the specified directory including 
    * the specified directory
    * 
    * @param strDir - string that specifies directory to be deleted
    * @return boolean - true if directory was successfully deleted
    */
   public static boolean deleteDir(
      String strDir
   ) 
   {
      return ((strDir != null) && (strDir.length() > 0)) 
                ? deleteDir(new File(strDir)) : false;
   }
   
   /**
    * Deletes all files and subdirectories under the specified directory including 
    * the specified directory
    * 
    * @param fDir - directory to be deleted
    * @return boolean - true if directory was successfully deleted
    */
   public static boolean deleteDir(
      File fDir
   ) 
   {
      boolean bRetval = false;
      if (fDir != null && fDir.exists())
      {
         bRetval = deleteDirectoryContent(fDir);
         if (bRetval)
         {
            bRetval = bRetval && fDir.delete();         
         }
      }
      return bRetval;
   }
   
   /**
    * Compare binary files. Both files must be files (not directories) and exist.
    * 
    * @param first  - first file
    * @param second - second file
    * @return boolean - true if files are binery equal
    * @throws IOException - error in function
    */
   public boolean isFileBinaryEqual(
      File first,
      File second
   ) throws IOException
   {
      // TODO: Test: Missing test
      boolean retval = false;
      
      if ((first.exists()) && (second.exists()) 
         && (first.isFile()) && (second.isFile()))
      {
         if (first.getCanonicalPath().equals(second.getCanonicalPath()))
         {
            retval = true;
         }
         else
         {
            FileInputStream firstInput = null;
            FileInputStream secondInput = null;
            BufferedInputStream bufFirstInput = null;
            BufferedInputStream bufSecondInput = null;
            try
            {            
               firstInput = new FileInputStream(first); 
               secondInput = new FileInputStream(second);
               bufFirstInput = new BufferedInputStream(firstInput, BUFFER_SIZE); 
               bufSecondInput = new BufferedInputStream(secondInput, BUFFER_SIZE);
   
               int firstByte;
               int secondByte;
               
               while (true)
               {
                  firstByte = bufFirstInput.read();
                  secondByte = bufSecondInput.read();
                  if (firstByte != secondByte)
                  {
                     break;
                  }
                  if ((firstByte < 0) && (secondByte < 0))
                  {
                     retval = true;
                     break;
                  }
               }
            }
            finally
            {
               try
               {
                  if (bufFirstInput != null)
                  {
                     bufFirstInput.close();
                  }
               }
               finally
               {
                  if (bufSecondInput != null)
                  {
                     bufSecondInput.close();
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
      
      return retval;
   }

      
   /**
    * Get path which represents temporary directory. It is guarantee that it 
    * ends with \ (or /).
    * 
    * @return String
    */
   public static String getTemporaryDirectory(
   )
   {
      return s_strTempDirectory;
   }
   
   /**
    * Copy any input stream to output file. Once the data will be copied
    * the stream will be closed.
    * 
    * @param input  - InputStream to copy from
    * @param output - File to copy to
    * @throws IOException - error in function
    * @throws OSSMultiException - double error in function
    */
   public static void copyStreamToFile(
      InputStream input,
      File        output
   ) throws IOException
   {
      FileOutputStream foutOutput = null;
      // open input file as stream safe - it can throw some IOException
      try
      {
         foutOutput = new FileOutputStream(output);
      }
      catch (IOException ioExec)
      {
         if (foutOutput != null)
         {
            try
            {
               foutOutput.close();
            }
            catch (IOException ioExec2)
            {
               
            }
         }            
         
         throw ioExec;
      }
      // all streams including os are closed in copyStreamToStream function 
      // in any case
      copyStreamToStream(input, foutOutput);
   }
   /**
    * Copy any input stream to output stream. Once the data will be copied
    * both streams will be closed.
    * 
    * @param input  - InputStream to copy from
    * @param output - OutputStream to copy to
    * @throws IOException - io error in function
    * @throws OSSMultiException - double error in function
    */
   public static void copyStreamToStream(
      InputStream input,
      OutputStream output
   ) throws IOException
   {
      InputStream is = null;
      OutputStream os = null;
      int                 ch;
      try
      {
         if (input instanceof BufferedInputStream)
         {
            is = input;
         }
         else
         {
            is = new BufferedInputStream(input);
         }
         if (output instanceof BufferedOutputStream)
         {
            os = output;
         }
         else
         {
            os = new BufferedOutputStream(output);
         }
   
         while ((ch = is.read()) != -1)
         {
            os.write(ch);
         }
         os.flush();
      }
      finally
      {
         IOException exec1 = null;
         IOException exec2 = null;
         try
         {
            // because this close can throw exception we do next close in 
            // finally statement
            if (os != null)
            {
               try
               {
                  os.close();
               }
               catch (IOException exec)
               {
                  exec1 = exec;
               }
            }
         }
         finally
         {
            if (is != null)
            {
               try
               {
                  is.close();
               }
               catch (IOException exec)
               {
                  exec2 = exec;
               }
            }
         }
         if ((exec1 != null) && (exec2 != null))
         {
           throw exec1;
         }
         else if (exec1 != null)
         {
            throw exec1;
         }
         else if (exec2 != null)
         {
            throw exec2;
         }
      }
   }
}





Remove File Name Suffix

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Colin Bell
 * colbell@users.sourceforge.net
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
import java.io.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
/**
 * General purpose utilities functions.
 *
 * @author 
 */
public class Utilities
{
  /**
   * Remove the suffix from the passed file name.
   *
   * @param  fileName  File name to remove suffix from.
   *
   * @return <TT>fileName</TT> without a suffix.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException  if <TT>null</TT> file name passed.
   */
  public static String removeFileNameSuffix(String fileName)
  {
     if (fileName == null)
     {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("file name == null");
     }
     int pos = fileName.lastIndexOf(".");
     if (pos > 0 && pos < fileName.length() - 1)
     {
        return fileName.substring(0, pos);
     }
     return fileName;
  }
}





Rename To Temporary Name

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2003 - 2007 OpenSubsystems s.r.o. Slovak Republic. All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Project: OpenSubsystems
 * 
 * $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.12 2007/02/01 07:18:32 bastafidli Exp $
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. 
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA 
 */

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * Collection of methods to make work with files easier.
 * 
 * @version $Id: FileUtils.java,v 1.12 2007/02/01 07:18:32 bastafidli Exp $
 * @author Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewer Miro Halas
 * @code.reviewed 1.7 2006/05/21 03:45:37 bastafidli
 */
public class FileUtils
{
   // Configuration settings ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
    * Default 10 digit file storage distribution array. This means that if I 
    * want to name file as 10 digit number e.g. number 123 as 0000000123 or 
    * number 123456789 as 01234567890. Then the path constructed from number 
    * 1234567890 using distribution 2/2/2/4 would be 12/34/56/0123456789 
    */
   public static final int[] DEFAULT_STRORAGE_TREE_DISTRIBUTION = {2, 2, 2, 4};
   
   /**
    * How big buffer to use to process files.
    */
   public static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 65536;
   
   // Cached values ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
   /**
    * Temporary directory to use. It is guarantee that it ends with \ (or /)
    */
   protected static String s_strTempDirectory;
   
   // Constructors /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   
  
   
   /**
    * Move file to a new location. If the destination is on different volume,
    * this file will be copied and then original file will be deleted.
    * If the destination already exists, this method renames it with different
    * name and leaves it in that directory and moves the new file along side 
    * the renamed one.
    * 
    * @param flCurrent - file to move
    * @param flDestination - destination file
    * @throws IOException - error message
    * @throws OSSException - error message
    */
   public static void moveFile(
      File flCurrent, 
      File flDestination
   ) throws IOException
   {
      // Make sure that the source exist, it might be already moved from 
      // a directory and we just don"t know about it
      if (flCurrent.exists())
      {
         // Next check if the destination file exists
         if (flDestination.exists())
         {
            // If the destination exists, that means something went wrong
            // Rename the destination file under temporaty name and try to  
            // move the new file instead of it
          
            renameToTemporaryName(flDestination, "old");
         }
      
         // Make sure the directory exists and if not create it
         File flFolder;
         
         flFolder = flDestination.getParentFile();
         if ((flFolder != null) && (!flFolder.exists()))
         {
            if (!flFolder.mkdirs())
            {
               // Do not throw the exception if the directory already exists
               // because it was created meanwhile for example by a different 
               // thread
               if (!flFolder.exists())
               {
                  throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + flFolder);
               }
            }
         }
         
         // Now everything should exist so try to rename the file first
         // After testing, this renames files even between volumes C to H 
         // so we don"t have to do anything else on Windows but we still
         // have to handle erro on Unix 
         if (!flCurrent.renameTo(flDestination))
         {
            // Try to copy and delete since the rename doesn"t work on Solaris
            // between file systems
            copyFile(flCurrent, flDestination);
            
            // Now delete the file
            if (!flCurrent.delete())
            {
               // Delete the destination file first since we haven"t really moved
               // the file
               flDestination.delete();
               throw new IOException("Cannot delete already copied file " + flCurrent);
            }
         }
      }   
   }
 
   /**
    * Copy the current file to the destination file.
    * 
    * @param flCurrent - source file
    * @param flDestination - destination file
    * @throws IOException - error message
    * @throws OSSException - error message
    */  
   public static void copyFile(
      File flCurrent,
      File flDestination
   ) throws IOException
   {
     // Make sure the directory exists and if not create it
     File flFolder;
     
     flFolder = flDestination.getParentFile();
     if ((flFolder != null) && (!flFolder.exists()))
     {
        if (!flFolder.mkdirs())
        {
           // Do not throw the exception if the directory already exists
           // because it was created meanwhile for example by a different 
           // thread
           if (!flFolder.exists())
           {
              throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + flFolder);
           }
        }
     }
      // FileChannel srcChannel = null;
      // FileChannel dstChannel = null;
      FileInputStream finInput = null;
      
      //MHALAS: This code is not working reliably on Solaris 8 with 1.4.1_01
      // Getting exceptions from native code
      /*
      // Create channel on the source
      srcChannel = new FileInputStream(flCurrent).getChannel();
      // Create channel on the destination
      dstChannel = new FileOutputStream(flDestination).getChannel();
 
      // Copy file contents from source to destination
      dstChannel.transferFrom(srcChannel, 0, srcChannel.size());   
         
      Don"t forget to close the channels if you enable this code again
      */
      try
      {
         finInput = new FileInputStream(flCurrent);
      }
      catch (IOException ioExec)
      {
         if (finInput != null)
         {
            try
            {
               finInput.close();
            }
            catch (Throwable thr)
            {
              
            }
         }
         throw ioExec;
      }
      FileUtils.copyStreamToFile(finInput, flDestination);
   }
   
   /**
    * Rename the file to temporaty name with given prefix
    * 
    * @param flFileToRename - file to rename
    * @param strPrefix - prefix to use
    * @throws IOException - error message
    */
   public static void renameToTemporaryName(
      File   flFileToRename,
      String strPrefix
   ) throws IOException
   {
      assert strPrefix != null : "Prefix cannot be null.";
      
      String       strParent;
      StringBuffer sbBuffer = new StringBuffer();
      File         flTemp;
      int          iIndex = 0;
      
      strParent = flFileToRename.getParent();
      // Generate new name for the file in a deterministic way
      do
      {
         iIndex++;
         sbBuffer.delete(0, sbBuffer.length());
         if (strParent != null) 
         {
            sbBuffer.append(strParent);
            sbBuffer.append(File.separatorChar);
         }
         
         sbBuffer.append(strPrefix);
         sbBuffer.append("_");
         sbBuffer.append(iIndex);
         sbBuffer.append("_");
         sbBuffer.append(flFileToRename.getName());
               
         flTemp = new File(sbBuffer.toString());
      }      
      while (flTemp.exists());
      
      // Now we should have unique name
      if (!flFileToRename.renameTo(flTemp))
      {
         throw new IOException("Cannot rename " + flFileToRename.getAbsolutePath()
                               + " to " + flTemp.getAbsolutePath());
      }
   }
   /** 
    * Delete all files and directories in directory but do not delete the
    * directory itself.
    * 
    * @param strDir - string that specifies directory to delete
    * @return boolean - sucess flag
    */
   public static boolean deleteDirectoryContent(
      String strDir
   )
   {
      return ((strDir != null) && (strDir.length() > 0)) 
              ? deleteDirectoryContent(new File(strDir)) : false;
   }
   /** 
    * Delete all files and directories in directory but do not delete the
    * directory itself.
    * 
    * @param fDir - directory to delete
    * @return boolean - sucess flag
    */
   public static boolean deleteDirectoryContent(
      File fDir
   )
   {
      boolean bRetval = false;
      if (fDir != null && fDir.isDirectory()) 
      {
         File[] files = fDir.listFiles();
   
         if (files != null)
         {
            bRetval = true;
            boolean dirDeleted;
            
            for (int index = 0; index < files.length; index++)
            {
               if (files[index].isDirectory())
               {
                  // TODO: Performance: Implement this as a queue where you add to
                  // the end and take from the beginning, it will be more efficient
                  // than the recursion
                  dirDeleted = deleteDirectoryContent(files[index]);
                  if (dirDeleted)
                  {
                     bRetval = bRetval && files[index].delete();
                  }
                  else
                  {
                     bRetval = false;
                  }
               }
               else
               {
                  bRetval = bRetval && files[index].delete();
               }
            }
         }
      }
      return bRetval;
   }
   /**
    * Deletes all files and subdirectories under the specified directory including 
    * the specified directory
    * 
    * @param strDir - string that specifies directory to be deleted
    * @return boolean - true if directory was successfully deleted
    */
   public static boolean deleteDir(
      String strDir
   ) 
   {
      return ((strDir != null) && (strDir.length() > 0)) 
                ? deleteDir(new File(strDir)) : false;
   }
   
   /**
    * Deletes all files and subdirectories under the specified directory including 
    * the specified directory
    * 
    * @param fDir - directory to be deleted
    * @return boolean - true if directory was successfully deleted
    */
   public static boolean deleteDir(
      File fDir
   ) 
   {
      boolean bRetval = false;
      if (fDir != null && fDir.exists())
      {
         bRetval = deleteDirectoryContent(fDir);
         if (bRetval)
         {
            bRetval = bRetval && fDir.delete();         
         }
      }
      return bRetval;
   }
   
   /**
    * Compare binary files. Both files must be files (not directories) and exist.
    * 
    * @param first  - first file
    * @param second - second file
    * @return boolean - true if files are binery equal
    * @throws IOException - error in function
    */
   public boolean isFileBinaryEqual(
      File first,
      File second
   ) throws IOException
   {
      // TODO: Test: Missing test
      boolean retval = false;
      
      if ((first.exists()) && (second.exists()) 
         && (first.isFile()) && (second.isFile()))
      {
         if (first.getCanonicalPath().equals(second.getCanonicalPath()))
         {
            retval = true;
         }
         else
         {
            FileInputStream firstInput = null;
            FileInputStream secondInput = null;
            BufferedInputStream bufFirstInput = null;
            BufferedInputStream bufSecondInput = null;
            try
            {            
               firstInput = new FileInputStream(first); 
               secondInput = new FileInputStream(second);
               bufFirstInput = new BufferedInputStream(firstInput, BUFFER_SIZE); 
               bufSecondInput = new BufferedInputStream(secondInput, BUFFER_SIZE);
   
               int firstByte;
               int secondByte;
               
               while (true)
               {
                  firstByte = bufFirstInput.read();
                  secondByte = bufSecondInput.read();
                  if (firstByte != secondByte)
                  {
                     break;
                  }
                  if ((firstByte < 0) && (secondByte < 0))
                  {
                     retval = true;
                     break;
                  }
               }
            }
            finally
            {
               try
               {
                  if (bufFirstInput != null)
                  {
                     bufFirstInput.close();
                  }
               }
               finally
               {
                  if (bufSecondInput != null)
                  {
                     bufSecondInput.close();
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
      
      return retval;
   }

      
   /**
    * Get path which represents temporary directory. It is guarantee that it 
    * ends with \ (or /).
    * 
    * @return String
    */
   public static String getTemporaryDirectory(
   )
   {
      return s_strTempDirectory;
   }
   
   /**
    * Copy any input stream to output file. Once the data will be copied
    * the stream will be closed.
    * 
    * @param input  - InputStream to copy from
    * @param output - File to copy to
    * @throws IOException - error in function
    * @throws OSSMultiException - double error in function
    */
   public static void copyStreamToFile(
      InputStream input,
      File        output
   ) throws IOException
   {
      FileOutputStream foutOutput = null;
      // open input file as stream safe - it can throw some IOException
      try
      {
         foutOutput = new FileOutputStream(output);
      }
      catch (IOException ioExec)
      {
         if (foutOutput != null)
         {
            try
            {
               foutOutput.close();
            }
            catch (IOException ioExec2)
            {
               
            }
         }            
         
         throw ioExec;
      }
      // all streams including os are closed in copyStreamToStream function 
      // in any case
      copyStreamToStream(input, foutOutput);
   }
   /**
    * Copy any input stream to output stream. Once the data will be copied
    * both streams will be closed.
    * 
    * @param input  - InputStream to copy from
    * @param output - OutputStream to copy to
    * @throws IOException - io error in function
    * @throws OSSMultiException - double error in function
    */
   public static void copyStreamToStream(
      InputStream input,
      OutputStream output
   ) throws IOException
   {
      InputStream is = null;
      OutputStream os = null;
      int                 ch;
      try
      {
         if (input instanceof BufferedInputStream)
         {
            is = input;
         }
         else
         {
            is = new BufferedInputStream(input);
         }
         if (output instanceof BufferedOutputStream)
         {
            os = output;
         }
         else
         {
            os = new BufferedOutputStream(output);
         }
   
         while ((ch = is.read()) != -1)
         {
            os.write(ch);
         }
         os.flush();
      }
      finally
      {
         IOException exec1 = null;
         IOException exec2 = null;
         try
         {
            // because this close can throw exception we do next close in 
            // finally statement
            if (os != null)
            {
               try
               {
                  os.close();
               }
               catch (IOException exec)
               {
                  exec1 = exec;
               }
            }
         }
         finally
         {
            if (is != null)
            {
               try
               {
                  is.close();
               }
               catch (IOException exec)
               {
                  exec2 = exec;
               }
            }
         }
         if ((exec1 != null) && (exec2 != null))
         {
           throw exec1;
         }
         else if (exec1 != null)
         {
            throw exec1;
         }
         else if (exec2 != null)
         {
            throw exec2;
         }
      }
   }
}





Return readable file size with selected value measure

/**
 * Methods for files and folders treatment.
 * 
 * @author Cyril JOUI
 */
public final class FileUtil {
  /**
   * @param fileSize
   *          file size to convert and format to string.
   * @return return readable file size with selected value measure
   */
  public static String getReadableFileSize(final long fileSize) {
    double l = fileSize * 1D;
    String s = "";
    if (l < 1000) {
      s = fileSize + " B";
    } else {
      l = l / 1024D;
      if (l < 1000) {
        s = l + " KB";
      } else {
        l = l / 1024D;
        if (l < 1000) {
          s = l + " MB";
        } else {
          l = l / 1024D;
          s = l + " GB";
        }
      }
    }
    return (s.length() - s.indexOf(".") <= 3 ? s : s.substring(0, s.indexOf(".") + 3))
        + s.substring(s.indexOf(" "), s.length());
  }
}





Strip File Extension

/** 
 * 
 * The ObjectStyle Group Software License, version 1.1
 * ObjectStyle Group - http://objectstyle.org/
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2005, Andrei (Andrus) Adamchik and individual authors
 * of the software. All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
 *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
 *    distribution.
 * 
 * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any,
 *    must include the following acknowlegement:
 *    "This product includes software developed by independent contributors
 *    and hosted on ObjectStyle Group web site (http://objectstyle.org/)."
 *    Alternately, this acknowlegement may appear in the software itself,
 *    if and wherever such third-party acknowlegements normally appear.
 * 
 * 4. The names "ObjectStyle Group" and "Cayenne" must not be used to endorse
 *    or promote products derived from this software without prior written
 *    permission. For written permission, email
 *    "andrus at objectstyle dot org".
 * 
 * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "ObjectStyle"
 *    or "Cayenne", nor may "ObjectStyle" or "Cayenne" appear in their
 *    names without prior written permission.
 * 
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS"" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
 * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
 * DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OBJECTSTYLE GROUP OR
 * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
 * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
 * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
 * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
 * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
 * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 * SUCH DAMAGE.
 * 
 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
 * individuals and hosted on ObjectStyle Group web site.  For more
 * information on the ObjectStyle Group, please see
 * <http://objectstyle.org/>.
 */
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Member;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.net.URL;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.ruparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
/**
 * Contains various unorganized static utility methods used across Cayenne.
 * 
 * @author Andrei Adamchik
 */
public class Util {
  /**
   * Strips extension from the file name.
   */
  public static String stripFileExtension(String fileName) {
      int dotInd = fileName.lastIndexOf(".");
      // if dot is in the first position,
      // we are dealing with a hidden file rather than an extension
      return (dotInd > 0) ? fileName.substring(0, dotInd) : fileName;
  }
}





Utility class for synchronizing files/directories

//$Id: FileHelper.java 15522 2008-11-05 20:06:43Z hardy.ferentschik $
//Revised from hibernate search util
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Utility class for synchronizing files/directories.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 * @author Sanne Grinovero
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
public abstract class FileHelper {
  private static final int FAT_PRECISION = 2000;
  public static final long DEFAULT_COPY_BUFFER_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024; // 16 MB

  public static boolean areInSync(File source, File destination) throws IOException {
    if ( source.isDirectory() ) {
      if ( !destination.exists() ) {
        return false;
      }
      else if ( !destination.isDirectory() ) {
        throw new IOException(
            "Source and Destination not of the same type:"
                + source.getCanonicalPath() + " , " + destination.getCanonicalPath()
        );
      }
      String[] sources = source.list();
      Set<String> srcNames = new HashSet<String>( Arrays.asList( sources ) );
      String[] dests = destination.list();
      // check for files in destination and not in source
      for ( String fileName : dests ) {
        if ( !srcNames.contains( fileName ) ) {
          return false;
        }
      }
      boolean inSync = true;
      for ( String fileName : sources ) {
        File srcFile = new File( source, fileName );
        File destFile = new File( destination, fileName );
        if ( !areInSync( srcFile, destFile ) ) {
          inSync = false;
          break;
        }
      }
      return inSync;
    }
    else {
      if ( destination.exists() && destination.isFile() ) {
        long sts = source.lastModified() / FAT_PRECISION;
        long dts = destination.lastModified() / FAT_PRECISION;
        return sts == dts;
      }
      else {
        return false;
      }
    }
  }
  public static void synchronize(File source, File destination, boolean smart) throws IOException {
    synchronize( source, destination, smart, DEFAULT_COPY_BUFFER_SIZE );
  }
  public static void synchronize(File source, File destination, boolean smart, long chunkSize) throws IOException {
    if ( chunkSize <= 0 ) {
      System.out.println("Chunk size must be positive: using default value." );
      chunkSize = DEFAULT_COPY_BUFFER_SIZE;
    }
    if ( source.isDirectory() ) {
      if ( !destination.exists() ) {
        if ( !destination.mkdirs() ) {
          throw new IOException( "Could not create path " + destination );
        }
      }
      else if ( !destination.isDirectory() ) {
        throw new IOException(
            "Source and Destination not of the same type:"
                + source.getCanonicalPath() + " , " + destination.getCanonicalPath()
        );
      }
      String[] sources = source.list();
      Set<String> srcNames = new HashSet<String>( Arrays.asList( sources ) );
      String[] dests = destination.list();
      //delete files not present in source
      for ( String fileName : dests ) {
        if ( !srcNames.contains( fileName ) ) {
          delete( new File( destination, fileName ) );
        }
      }
      //copy each file from source
      for ( String fileName : sources ) {
        File srcFile = new File( source, fileName );
        File destFile = new File( destination, fileName );
        synchronize( srcFile, destFile, smart, chunkSize );
      }
    }
    else {
      if ( destination.exists() && destination.isDirectory() ) {
        delete( destination );
      }
      if ( destination.exists() ) {
        long sts = source.lastModified() / FAT_PRECISION;
        long dts = destination.lastModified() / FAT_PRECISION;
        //do not copy if smart and same timestamp and same length
        if ( !smart || sts == 0 || sts != dts || source.length() != destination.length() ) {
          copyFile( source, destination, chunkSize );
        }
      }
      else {
        copyFile( source, destination, chunkSize );
      }
    }
  }
  private static void copyFile(File srcFile, File destFile, long chunkSize) throws IOException {
    FileInputStream is = null;
    FileOutputStream os = null;
    try {
      is = new FileInputStream( srcFile );
      FileChannel iChannel = is.getChannel();
      os = new FileOutputStream( destFile, false );
      FileChannel oChannel = os.getChannel();
      long doneBytes = 0L;
      long todoBytes = srcFile.length();
      while ( todoBytes != 0L ) {
        long iterationBytes = Math.min( todoBytes, chunkSize );
        long transferredLength = oChannel.transferFrom( iChannel, doneBytes, iterationBytes );
        if ( iterationBytes != transferredLength ) {
          throw new IOException(
              "Error during file transfer: expected "
                  + iterationBytes + " bytes, only " + transferredLength + " bytes copied."
          );
        }
        doneBytes += transferredLength;
        todoBytes -= transferredLength;
      }
    }
    finally {
      if ( is != null ) {
        is.close();
      }
      if ( os != null ) {
        os.close();
      }
    }
    boolean successTimestampOp = destFile.setLastModified( srcFile.lastModified() );
    if ( !successTimestampOp ) {
      System.out.println("Could not change timestamp for {}. Index synchronization may be slow. " + destFile );
    }
  }
  public static void delete(File file) {
    if ( file.isDirectory() ) {
      for ( File subFile : file.listFiles() ) {
        delete( subFile );
      }
    }
    if ( file.exists() ) {
      if ( !file.delete() ) {
        System.out.println( "Could not delete {}" + file );
      }
    }
  }
}