ptolemy.data.expr
Class FileParameter

java.lang.Object
  ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
      ptolemy.kernel.util.Attribute
          ptolemy.kernel.util.AbstractSettableAttribute
              ptolemy.data.expr.Variable
                  ptolemy.data.expr.Parameter
                      ptolemy.data.expr.StringParameter
                          ptolemy.data.expr.FileParameter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, HasTypeConstraints, Typeable, FileOrURLAccessor, Changeable, Debuggable, DebugListener, Derivable, ModelErrorHandler, MoMLExportable, Moveable, Nameable, Settable, ValueListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultModelAttribute

public class FileParameter
extends StringParameter
implements FileOrURLAccessor

This is an attribute that specifies a file or URL. The value of this attribute, accessed by getExpression(), is a string that names a file or URL, possibly containing references to variables defined in scope using the syntax $ID, ${ID} or $(ID). The value returned by getToken() is name of the file with such references resolved.

If this attribute contains a parameter named allowFiles with value false, then when a file browser is used to select a file, that file browser will be set to not show files (only directories will be shown). If this attribute contains a parameter named allowDirectories with value true, then the file browser will permit the user to select directories (the default behavior is that when a directory is selected, that directory is opened and its contained files and directories are listed).

If the model containing this attribute has been saved to a MoML file, then the file name can be given relative to the directory containing that MoML file. If the model has not been saved to a file, then the classpath is used for identifying relative file names.

Files can be given relative to a base, where the base is the URI of the first container above this one that has a URIAttribute. Normally, this URI specifies the file or URL containing the model definition. Thus, files that are referred to here can be kept in the same directory as the model, or in a related directory, and can moved together with the model.

The following special file names are understood:

• System.in: Standard input.
• System.out: Standard output.

Note, however, that these file names cannot be converted to URLs using the asURL() method. A file name can also contain the following strings that start with "$", which get substituted with the appropriate values.

$CWDThe current working directoryuser.dir$HOMEThe user's home directoryuser.home$PTIIThe home directory of the Ptolemy II installationptolemy.ptII.dir$TMPDIRThe temporary directoryjava.io.tmpdir

String	Description	Property

The above properties are normally set when a Ptolemy II application starts.

If a file name begins with the reference "$CLASSPATH", then when the file is opened for reading, the openForReading() method will search for the file relative to the classpath (using the getResource() method of the current class loader). This will only work for a file that exists, and thus the openForWriting() method will not understand the "$CLASSPATH" string; this makes sense since the classpath typically has several directories, and it would not be obvious where to create the file. The asURL() method also recognizes the "$CLASSPATH" string, but not the asFile() method (which is typically used when accessing a file for writing). NOTE: If the container of this parameter also contains a variable named CLASSPATH, then the value of that variable is used instead of the Java classpath.

Since:

Ptolemy II 4.0

Version:

$Id: FileParameter.java 59167 2010-09-21 17:08:02Z cxh $

Author:

Edward A. Lee

See Also:

URIAttribute, Serialized Form

Accepted Rating:

Yellow (cxh)

Proposed Rating:

Green (eal)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ptolemy.data.expr.Variable

Variable.VariableScope

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

NamedObj.ContainedObjectsIterator

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Settable

Settable.Visibility

Field Summary

private java.net.URI	_baseDirectory The base directory to use for relative file names.
private boolean	_isOutput Whether the file is to be written to.
private java.io.BufferedReader	_reader The current reader for the input file.
private java.io.Writer	_writer The current writer for the output file.

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.data.expr.Variable

_currentExpression, _needsEvaluation, _parserScope, _parseTreeValid, _valueListeners

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_changeListeners, _changeLock, _changeRequests, _debugging, _debugListeners, _elementName, _isPersistent, _verbose, _workspace, ATTRIBUTES, CLASSNAME, COMPLETE, CONTENTS, DEEP, FULLNAME, LINKS

Fields inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Settable

EXPERT, FULL, NONE, NOT_EDITABLE

Constructor Summary

FileParameter(NamedObj container, java.lang.String name)
Construct an attribute with the given name contained by the specified container.

FileParameter(NamedObj container, java.lang.String name, boolean isOutput)
Construct an attribute with the given name contained by the specified container.

Method Summary

java.io.File	asFile() Return the file as a File object.
java.net.URL	asURL() Return the file as a URL.
java.lang.Object	clone(Workspace workspace) Clone the attribute into the specified workspace.
void	close() Close the file.
java.net.URI	getBaseDirectory() Return the directory to use as the base for relative file or URL names.
boolean	isOutput() Return whether the file is to be written to.
java.io.BufferedReader	openForReading() Open the file or URL for reading.
java.io.Writer	openForWriting() Open the file for writing.
java.io.Writer	openForWriting(boolean append) Open the file for writing or appending.
void	setBaseDirectory(java.net.URI directory) Set the directory to use as the base for relative file or URL names.

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.data.expr.StringParameter

stringValue

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.data.expr.Parameter

addChoice, exportMoML, getChoices, removeAllChoices, removeChoice

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.data.expr.Variable

_description, _evaluate, _notifyValueListeners, _parseIfNecessary, _propagate, _propagateToValueListeners, _propagateValue, _setToken, _setTokenAndNotify, addValueListener, getDeclaredType, getExpression, getFreeIdentifiers, getParserScope, getScope, getScope, getToken, getType, getTypeTerm, getValueAsString, getVariable, getVisibility, invalidate, isKnown, isLazy, isStringMode, isTypeAcceptable, removeValueListener, reset, setContainer, setExpression, setLazy, setName, setParseTreeEvaluator, setStringMode, setToken, setToken, setTypeAtLeast, setTypeAtLeast, setTypeAtMost, setTypeEquals, setTypeSameAs, setUnknown, setVisibility, stringRepresentation, toString, typeConstraintList, typeConstraints, validate, valueChanged

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.AbstractSettableAttribute

getDefaultExpression

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.Attribute

_checkContainer, _getContainedObject, _propagateExistence, getContainer, moveDown, moveToFirst, moveToIndex, moveToLast, moveUp, updateContent

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_addAttribute, _adjustOverride, _attachText, _cloneFixAttributeFields, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _exportMoMLContents, _getIndentPrefix, _isMoMLSuppressed, _markContentsDerived, _recordDecoratedAttributes, _removeAttribute, _splitName, _stripNumericSuffix, _validateSettables, addChangeListener, addDebugListener, attributeChanged, attributeList, attributeList, attributeTypeChanged, clone, containedObjectsIterator, deepContains, depthInHierarchy, description, description, event, executeChangeRequests, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoMLPlain, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributes, getChangeListeners, getClassName, getDecoratorAttribute, getDecoratorAttributes, getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, getDisplayName, getElementName, getFullName, getModelErrorHandler, getName, getName, getPrototypeList, getSource, handleModelError, isDeferringChangeRequests, isOverridden, isPersistent, lazyContainedObjectsIterator, message, propagateExistence, propagateValue, propagateValues, removeChangeListener, removeDebugListener, requestChange, setClassName, setDeferringChangeRequests, setDerivedLevel, setDisplayName, setModelErrorHandler, setPersistent, setSource, sortContainedObjects, toplevel, uniqueName, validateSettables, workspace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Settable

addValueListener, getDefaultExpression, getDisplayName, getExpression, getValueAsString, getVisibility, removeValueListener, setExpression, setVisibility, validate

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Nameable

description, getContainer, getFullName, getName, getName, setName

Field Detail

_baseDirectory

private java.net.URI _baseDirectory

The base directory to use for relative file names.

_reader

private java.io.BufferedReader _reader

The current reader for the input file.

_writer

private java.io.Writer _writer

The current writer for the output file.

_isOutput

private boolean _isOutput

Whether the file is to be written to.

Constructor Detail

FileParameter

public FileParameter(NamedObj container,
                     java.lang.String name)
              throws IllegalActionException,
                     NameDuplicationException

Construct an attribute with the given name contained by the specified container. The container argument must not be null, or a NullPointerException will be thrown. This attribute will use the workspace of the container for synchronization and version counts. If the name argument is null, then the name is set to the empty string. Increment the version of the workspace.

Parameters:

container - The container.

name - The name of this attribute.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the attribute is not of an acceptable class for the container, or if the name contains a period.

NameDuplicationException - If the name coincides with an attribute already in the container.

FileParameter

public FileParameter(NamedObj container,
                     java.lang.String name,
                     boolean isOutput)
              throws IllegalActionException,
                     NameDuplicationException

Construct an attribute with the given name contained by the specified container. The container argument must not be null, or a NullPointerException will be thrown. This attribute will use the workspace of the container for synchronization and version counts. If the name argument is null, then the name is set to the empty string. Increment the version of the workspace.

Parameters:

container - The container.

name - The name of this attribute.

isOutput - Whether the file is to be written to.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the attribute is not of an acceptable class for the container, or if the name contains a period.

NameDuplicationException - If the name coincides with an attribute already in the container.

Method Detail

asFile

public java.io.File asFile()
                    throws IllegalActionException

Return the file as a File object. This method first attempts to directly use the file name to construct the File. If the resulting File is not absolute, then it attempts to resolve it relative to the base directory returned by getBaseDirectory(). If there is no such base URI, then it simply returns the relative File object.

The file need not exist for this method to succeed. Thus, this method can be used to determine whether a file with a given name exists, prior to calling openForWriting(). A typical usage looks like this:

      FileParameter fileParameter;
      ...
      File file = fileParameter.asFile();
      if (file.exists()) {
         ... Ask the user if it's OK to overwrite...
         ... Throw an exception if not...
      }
      // The following will overwrite an existing file.
      Writer writer = new PrintWriter(fileParameter.openForWriting());
  

If the name begins with "$CLASSPATH", then search for the file relative to the classpath. If the name begins with $CLASSPATH and a file is not found in the CLASSPATH, then the value of $PTII is substituted in a returned. If this is not done, then the File that is created would have $CLASSPATH or xxxxxxCLASSPATHxxxxxx in the file pathname, which is unlikely to be useful.

Specified by:

asFile in interface FileOrURLAccessor

Returns:

A File, or null if no file name has been specified.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If a parse error occurs reading the file name.

See Also:

getBaseDirectory()

asURL

public java.net.URL asURL()
                   throws IllegalActionException

Return the file as a URL. If the file name is relative, then it is interpreted as being relative to the directory returned by getBaseDirectory(). If the name begins with "$CLASSPATH", then search for the file relative to the classpath. If no file is found, then it throws an exception.

Specified by:

asURL in interface FileOrURLAccessor

Returns:

A URL, or null if no file name or URL has been specified.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the file cannot be read, or if the file cannot be represented as a URL (e.g. System.in), or the name specification cannot be parsed.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone(Workspace workspace)
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Clone the attribute into the specified workspace. The resulting object has no base directory name nor any reference to any open stream.

Overrides:

clone in class Variable

Parameters:

workspace - The workspace for the new object.

Returns:

A new attribute.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - If a derived class contains an attribute that cannot be cloned.

See Also:

Object.clone()

close

public void close()
           throws IllegalActionException

Close the file. If it has not been opened using openForReading() or openForWriting(), then do nothing. Also, if the file is System.in or System.out, then do not close it (it does not make sense to close these files).

Specified by:

close in interface FileOrURLAccessor

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the file or URL cannot be closed.

getBaseDirectory

public java.net.URI getBaseDirectory()

Return the directory to use as the base for relative file or URL names. If setBaseDirectory() has been called, then that directory is returned. Otherwise, the directory containing the file returned by URIAttribute.getModelURI() is returned, which is the URI of the first container above this attribute in the hierarchy that has a URIAttribute, or null if there none.

Specified by:

getBaseDirectory in interface FileOrURLAccessor

Returns:

A directory name, or null if there is none.

See Also:

setBaseDirectory(URI), URIAttribute.getModelURI(NamedObj)

isOutput

public boolean isOutput()

Return whether the file is to be written to.

Returns:

True if the file is to be written and false otherwise.

openForReading

public java.io.BufferedReader openForReading()
                                      throws IllegalActionException

Open the file or URL for reading. If the name begins with "$CLASSPATH", then search for the file relative to the classpath. If the name is relative, then it is relative to the directory returned by getBaseDirectory().

Specified by:

openForReading in interface FileOrURLAccessor

Returns:

A buffered reader.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the file or URL cannot be opened.

See Also:

getBaseDirectory()

openForWriting

public java.io.Writer openForWriting()
                              throws IllegalActionException

Open the file for writing. If the file does not exist, then create it. If the file name is not absolute, the it is assumed to be relative to the base directory returned by getBaseDirectory(). If permitted, this method will return a Writer that will simply overwrite the contents of the file. It is up to the user of this method to check whether this is OK (by first calling asFile() and calling exists() on the returned value).

Specified by:

openForWriting in interface FileOrURLAccessor

Returns:

A writer, or null if no file name has been specified.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the file cannot be opened or created.

See Also:

getBaseDirectory(), asFile()

openForWriting

public java.io.Writer openForWriting(boolean append)
                              throws IllegalActionException

Open the file for writing or appending. If the file does not exist, then create it. If the file name is not absolute, the it is assumed to be relative to the base directory returned by getBaseDirectory(). If permitted, this method will return a Writer that will simply overwrite the contents of the file. It is up to the user of this method to check whether this is OK (by first calling asFile() and calling exists() on the returned value).

Specified by:

openForWriting in interface FileOrURLAccessor

Parameters:

append - If true, then append to the file rather than overwriting.

Returns:

A writer, or null if no file name has been specified.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the file cannot be opened or created.

See Also:

getBaseDirectory(), asFile()

setBaseDirectory

public void setBaseDirectory(java.net.URI directory)

Set the directory to use as the base for relative file or URL names.

Specified by:

setBaseDirectory in interface FileOrURLAccessor

Parameters:

directory - The base directory.

See Also:

getBaseDirectory(), URIAttribute.getModelURI(NamedObj)