Class FileUtils

Object

FileUtils

public class FileUtils
extends Object

FileUtils will contain the functionality needed to write our table objects to files as well as read them back later when we need them.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Page>	getPageList(String filePath) Read back the page table from the hard coded file name.
List<Word>	getWordList(String filePath) Read back the word table from the hard coded filename.
boolean	savePageTable(List<Page> pageTable, String filePath) Write the page table to a file.
boolean	saveWordTable(List<Word> wordTable, String filePath) Write the wordTable to a file as an ObjectOutputStream

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileUtils

public FileUtils()

Method Detail

saveWordTable

public boolean saveWordTable(List<Word> wordTable,
                             String filePath)

Write the wordTable to a file as an ObjectOutputStream

Parameters:

wordTable - word table that is being written

filePath - output file path

Returns:

true if successful, false if an exception occurs

savePageTable

public boolean savePageTable(List<Page> pageTable,
                             String filePath)

Write the page table to a file.

Parameters:

pageTable - table of UrlIDs mapped to Page objects

filePath - output file path

Returns:

true if successful, false if an exception occurs

getWordList

public List<Word> getWordList(String filePath)

Read back the word table from the hard coded filename.

Parameters:

filePath - serialized word list file

Returns:

the word list, if the filePath is valid; null, otherwise.

getPageList

public List<Page> getPageList(String filePath)

Read back the page table from the hard coded file name.

Parameters:

filePath - serialized page list file.

Returns:

the page list, if the filePath is valid; null, otherwise.