com.zipxap.vfs
Class Entry

java.lang.Object
  com.zipxap.vfs.dataobjects.AEntry
      com.zipxap.vfs.Entry

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class Entry
extends AEntry

An Entry is the underlying link between the file system and a VFSFile or VFSRepository.

Milestone	Who	Date, Time
Initial Version	K Penrose	June 2009

** Note that this table is not intended as an exhaustive list of subtle changes. It is intended to list changes that break the compatibility of older code, or major enhancements/rewrites

Constructor Summary

Entry()

Entry(LowLevelManager mgr, VFSSector sector)

Method Summary

java.io.InputStream	getData() Retreive an InputStream that provides the data associated with this entry.
byte[]	getDataBytes() Retrieve the data contained in this entry as a byte[].
long	getDataLength()
VFSSector	getHeaderSector() This particular method can be confusing because it returns a header sector, and a header sector contains a data sector and an entry sector...
java.io.OutputStream	getOutputStream() Retrieve an OutputStream to replace the data associated with this entry.
void	writeEntry() Write the changes to this entry to disk.
void	writeEntry(byte[] data) Update this entry and replace the content with the content contained in the specified byte[].
void	writeEntry(java.io.File sourceFile) Update this entry and replace the content with the content contained in the specified sourceFile.
void	writeEntry(java.io.InputStream is) Replace the content of this entry with the content contained in the specified sourceFile.

Methods inherited from class com.zipxap.vfs.dataobjects.AEntry

clone, equals, equals, equals, getCreated, getCreatedId, getLastModified, getLastModifiedId, getName, getOwnerId, getParentId, getType, getUniqueId, hashCode, setCreated, setCreatedId, setLastModified, setLastModifiedId, setName, setOwnerId, setParentId, setType, setUniqueId, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Entry

public Entry()

Entry

public Entry(LowLevelManager mgr,
             VFSSector sector)

Method Detail

writeEntry

public void writeEntry()

Write the changes to this entry to disk.

getDataBytes

public byte[] getDataBytes()

Retrieve the data contained in this entry as a byte[].

getData

public java.io.InputStream getData()

Retreive an InputStream that provides the data associated with this entry.

getDataLength

public long getDataLength()

Returns:

the length of the data contained by this entry

getOutputStream

public java.io.OutputStream getOutputStream()

Retrieve an OutputStream to replace the data associated with this entry.

writeEntry

public void writeEntry(java.io.File sourceFile)

Update this entry and replace the content with the content contained in the specified sourceFile.

writeEntry

public void writeEntry(byte[] data)

Update this entry and replace the content with the content contained in the specified byte[].

writeEntry

public void writeEntry(java.io.InputStream is)

Replace the content of this entry with the content contained in the specified sourceFile.

getHeaderSector

public VFSSector getHeaderSector()

This particular method can be confusing because it returns a header sector, and a header sector contains a data sector and an entry sector... The entry sector contains the data of the entry. This makes it confusing.

Returns:

the sector containing the header for this Entry.