RunEditor.java

/*
Copyright (C) 2009 Rachel Engel

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; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*/

/*
 * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */

package com.isecpartners.gizmo;

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 *
 * @author rachel
 */
public class RunEditor {
    public static String run(String request) {
        String ret = "";
        try {
            File tmp = File.createTempFile("tmp", ".txt");
            FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(tmp);
            fout.write(request.getBytes());
            fout.close();
            String shell = GizmoView.getView().config().getEditorShell() + " " + tmp.getCanonicalPath();
            Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(shell);
            p.waitFor();
            DataInputStream datain = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(tmp));
            byte[] buf = new byte[datain.available()];
            datain.readFully(buf);
            ret = new String(buf);
            tmp.delete();

        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(RunEditor.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(RunEditor.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }

        return ret;
    }
}