loci.poi.poifs.filesystem

Class POIFSFileSystem

java.lang.Object

loci.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem

All Implemented Interfaces:

POIFSViewable

public class POIFSFileSystem
extends Object
implements POIFSViewable

This is the main class of the POIFS system; it manages the entire life cycle of the filesystem.

Author:

Marc Johnson (mjohnson at apache dot org)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
POIFSFileSystem() Constructor, intended for writing
POIFSFileSystem(RandomAccessInputStream stream, int size) Create a POIFSFileSystem from an InputStream

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DirectoryEntry	createDirectory(String name) create a new DirectoryEntry in the root directory
DocumentEntry	createDocument(RandomAccessInputStream stream, String name) Create a new document to be added to the root directory
DocumentEntry	createDocument(String name, int size, POIFSWriterListener writer) create a new DocumentEntry in the root entry; the data will be provided later
DocumentInputStream	createDocumentInputStream(String documentName) open a document in the root entry's list of entries
DirectoryEntry	getRoot() get the root entry
String	getShortDescription() Provides a short description of the object, to be used when a POIFSViewable object has not provided its contents.
Object[]	getViewableArray() Get an array of objects, some of which may implement POIFSViewable
Iterator	getViewableIterator() Get an Iterator of objects, some of which may implement POIFSViewable
static void	main(String[] args) read in a file and write it back out again
boolean	preferArray() Give viewers a hint as to whether to call getViewableArray or getViewableIterator
void	writeFilesystem(OutputStream stream) Write the filesystem out

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

POIFSFileSystem

public POIFSFileSystem()

Constructor, intended for writing

POIFSFileSystem

public POIFSFileSystem(RandomAccessInputStream stream,
               int size)
                throws IOException

Create a POIFSFileSystem from an InputStream

Parameters:

stream - the InputStream from which to read the data

Throws:

IOException - on errors reading, or on invalid data

Method Detail

createDocument

public DocumentEntry createDocument(RandomAccessInputStream stream,
                           String name)
                             throws IOException

Create a new document to be added to the root directory

Parameters:

stream - the InputStream from which the document's data will be obtained

name - the name of the new POIFSDocument

Returns:

the new DocumentEntry

Throws:

IOException - on error creating the new POIFSDocument

createDocument

public DocumentEntry createDocument(String name,
                           int size,
                           POIFSWriterListener writer)
                             throws IOException

create a new DocumentEntry in the root entry; the data will be provided later

Parameters:

name - the name of the new DocumentEntry

size - the size of the new DocumentEntry

writer - the writer of the new DocumentEntry

Returns:

the new DocumentEntry

Throws:

IOException

createDirectory

public DirectoryEntry createDirectory(String name)
                               throws IOException

create a new DirectoryEntry in the root directory

Parameters:

name - the name of the new DirectoryEntry

Returns:

the new DirectoryEntry

Throws:

IOException - on name duplication

writeFilesystem

public void writeFilesystem(OutputStream stream)
                     throws IOException

Write the filesystem out

Parameters:

stream - the OutputStream to which the filesystem will be written

Throws:

IOException - thrown on errors writing to the stream

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

read in a file and write it back out again

Parameters:

args - names of the files; arg[ 0 ] is the input file, arg[ 1 ] is the output file

Throws:

IOException

getRoot

public DirectoryEntry getRoot()

get the root entry

Returns:

the root entry

createDocumentInputStream

public DocumentInputStream createDocumentInputStream(String documentName)
                                              throws IOException

open a document in the root entry's list of entries

Parameters:

documentName - the name of the document to be opened

Returns:

a newly opened DocumentInputStream

Throws:

IOException - if the document does not exist or the name is that of a DirectoryEntry

getViewableArray

public Object[] getViewableArray()

Get an array of objects, some of which may implement POIFSViewable

Specified by:

getViewableArray in interface POIFSViewable

Returns:

an array of Object; may not be null, but may be empty

getViewableIterator

public Iterator getViewableIterator()

Get an Iterator of objects, some of which may implement POIFSViewable

Specified by:

getViewableIterator in interface POIFSViewable

Returns:

an Iterator; may not be null, but may have an empty back end store

preferArray

public boolean preferArray()

Give viewers a hint as to whether to call getViewableArray or getViewableIterator

Specified by:

preferArray in interface POIFSViewable

Returns:

true if a viewer should call getViewableArray, false if a viewer should call getViewableIterator

getShortDescription

public String getShortDescription()

Provides a short description of the object, to be used when a POIFSViewable object has not provided its contents.

Specified by:

getShortDescription in interface POIFSViewable

Returns:

short description