trunk/core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/vfs2/FileUtil.java

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package org.apache.commons.vfs2;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Utility methods for dealing with FileObjects.
 */
public final class FileUtil
{

    private FileUtil()
    {
    }

    /**
     * Returns the content of a file, as a byte array.
     *
     * @param file The file to get the content of.
     * @return The content as a byte array.
     * @throws IOException if the file content cannot be accessed.
     */
    public static byte[] getContent(final FileObject file)
        throws IOException
    {
        final FileContent content = file.getContent();
        final int size = (int) content.getSize();
        final byte[] buf = new byte[size];

        final InputStream in = content.getInputStream();
        try
        {
            int read = 0;
            for (int pos = 0; pos < size && read >= 0; pos += read)
            {
                read = in.read(buf, pos, size - pos);
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            in.close();
        }

        return buf;
    }

    /**
     * Writes the content of a file to an OutputStream.
     * @param file The FileObject to write.
     * @param output The OutputStream to write to.
     * @throws IOException if an error occurs writing the file.
     * @see FileContent#write(OutputStream)
     */
    public static void writeContent(final FileObject file,
                                    final OutputStream output)
        throws IOException
    {
        file.getContent().write(output);
    }

    /**
     * Copies the content from a source file to a destination file.
     * @param srcFile The source FileObject.
     * @param destFile The target FileObject
     * @throws IOException If an error occurs copying the file.
     * @see FileContent#write(FileContent)
     * @see FileContent#write(FileObject)
     */
    public static void copyContent(final FileObject srcFile,
                                   final FileObject destFile)
        throws IOException
    {
        srcFile.getContent().write(destFile);
    }

}