UpdatableFile.java

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/*  File:       UpdatableFile.java                                          */
/*  Author:     F. Georges - H2O Consulting                                 */
/*  Date:       2013-09-17                                                  */
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/*      Copyright (c) 2013 Florent Georges (see end of file.)               */
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package org.expath.pkg.repo.tools;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import org.expath.pkg.repo.PackageException;

/**
 * A file that can be updated.
 *
 * @author Florent Georges
 */
public abstract class UpdatableFile
{
    public UpdatableFile(File file)
            throws PackageException
    {
        myFile = file;
        if ( ! myFile.exists() ) {
            topCreateEmpty();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create an empty file.
     * 
     * By empty, means without any record.  If this is an XML file for instance,
     * it might have the root element.  No need to close the writer, it is done
     * automatically.
     */
    protected abstract void createEmpty(Writer out)
            throws IOException;

    /**
     * Replace the actual file with {@code content}.
     */
    protected void update(StringWriter content)
            throws PackageException
    {
        OutputStream out = null;
        try {
            out = new FileOutputStream(myFile);
            byte[] bytes = content.getBuffer().toString().getBytes();
            out.write(bytes);
        }
        catch ( FileNotFoundException ex ) {
            throw new PackageException("File not found: " + myFile, ex);
        }
        catch ( IOException ex ) {
            throw new PackageException("Error writing the file: " + myFile, ex);
        }
        finally {
            if ( out != null ) {
                try {
                    out.close();
                }
                catch ( IOException ex ) {
                    throw new PackageException("Error closing the file: " + myFile, ex);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Wrap the call to {@link #createEmpty(java.io.Writer)}, and handle I/O exceptions.
     */
    private void topCreateEmpty()
            throws PackageException
    {
        try {
            Writer out = new FileWriter(myFile);
            createEmpty(out);
            out.close();
        }
        catch ( FileNotFoundException ex ) {
            throw new PackageException("Impossible to create the packages text list: " + myFile, ex);
        }
        catch ( IOException ex ) {
            throw new PackageException("Error creating the packages text list: " + myFile, ex);
        }
    }

    /** The actual file object. */
    protected File myFile;
}


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