net.rubygrapefruit.platform.file

Interface WindowsFiles

All Superinterfaces:

Files, NativeIntegration

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultWindowsFiles

public interface WindowsFiles
extends Files, NativeIntegration

Functions to query files on a Windows file system.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
WindowsFileInfo	stat(java.io.File file) Returns basic information about the given file.

Methods inherited from interface net.rubygrapefruit.platform.file.Files

listDir, listDir, stat

Method Detail

stat

WindowsFileInfo stat(java.io.File file)
              throws NativeException

Returns basic information about the given file. Returns whatever file details can be efficiently calculated in a single system call, which is more efficient that querying these details separately.

When the file references a symlink, details about the symlink is returned, not the target of the symlink.

Specified by:

stat in interface Files

Parameters:

file - The path of the file to get details of. Follows symlinks to the parent directory of this file.

Returns:

Details of the file. Returns details with type FileInfo.Type.Missing for a file that does not exist.

Throws:

NativeException - On failure to query the file information.

FilePermissionException - When the user has insufficient permissions to query the file information