Class SimpleFileVisitor<T>

Type Parameters:
T - The type of reference to the files
All Implemented Interfaces:
FileVisitor<T>

public class SimpleFileVisitor<T>
extends Object
implements FileVisitor<T>

A simple visitor of files with default behavior to visit all files and to re-throw I/O errors.

Methods in this class may be overridden subject to their general contract.

Since:
1.7

Constructors

Modifier Constructor and Description
protected SimpleFileVisitor()

Initializes a new instance of this class.

Methods

Modifier and Type Method and Description
FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(T dir, IOException exc)

Invoked for a directory after entries in the directory, and all of their descendants, have been visited.
FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(T dir, BasicFileAttributes attrs)

Invoked for a directory before entries in the directory are visited.
FileVisitResult visitFile(T file, BasicFileAttributes attrs)

Invoked for a file in a directory.
FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(T file, IOException exc)

Invoked for a file that could not be visited.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructors

SimpleFileVisitor

protected SimpleFileVisitor()

Initializes a new instance of this class.

Methods

preVisitDirectory

public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(T dir,
                                         BasicFileAttributes attrs)
                                  throws IOException

Invoked for a directory before entries in the directory are visited.

Unless overridden, this method returns CONTINUE.

Specified by:
preVisitDirectory in interface FileVisitor<T>
Parameters:
dir - a reference to the directory
attrs - the directory's basic attributes
Returns:
the visit result
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs

visitFile

public FileVisitResult visitFile(T file,
                                 BasicFileAttributes attrs)
                          throws IOException

Invoked for a file in a directory.

Unless overridden, this method returns CONTINUE.

Specified by:
visitFile in interface FileVisitor<T>
Parameters:
file - a reference to the file
attrs - the file's basic attributes
Returns:
the visit result
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs

visitFileFailed

public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(T file,
                                       IOException exc)
                                throws IOException

Invoked for a file that could not be visited.

Unless overridden, this method re-throws the I/O exception that prevented the file from being visited.

Specified by:
visitFileFailed in interface FileVisitor<T>
Parameters:
file - a reference to the file
exc - the I/O exception that prevented the file from being visited
Returns:
the visit result
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs

postVisitDirectory

public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(T dir,
                                          IOException exc)
                                   throws IOException

Invoked for a directory after entries in the directory, and all of their descendants, have been visited.

Unless overridden, this method returns CONTINUE if the directory iteration completes without an I/O exception; otherwise this method re-throws the I/O exception that caused the iteration of the directory to terminate prematurely.

Specified by:
postVisitDirectory in interface FileVisitor<T>
Parameters:
dir - a reference to the directory
exc - null if the iteration of the directory completes without an error; otherwise the I/O exception that caused the iteration of the directory to complete prematurely
Returns:
the visit result
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs

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