org.rauschig.jarchivelib

Interface Compressor

public interface Compressor

A compressor facades a specific compression library, allowing for simple compression and decompression of files.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	compress(java.io.File source, java.io.File destination) Compresses the given input file to the given destination directory or file.
void	decompress(java.io.File source, java.io.File destination) Decompresses the given source file to the given destination directory or file.
java.lang.String	getFilenameExtension() Returns the filename extension that indicates the file format this compressor handles.

Method Detail

compress

void compress(java.io.File source,
              java.io.File destination)
       throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
              java.io.IOException

Compresses the given input file to the given destination directory or file.

Requires the source the be an existing and readable File, and the destination to be either a file or a directory. If you pass a directory, the name of the source file is used, with the appended filename extension suffix of the compression type.

Parameters:

source - the source file to compress

destination - the destination file

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the source is not readable or the destination is not writable

java.io.IOException - when an I/O error occurs

decompress

void decompress(java.io.File source,
                java.io.File destination)
         throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                java.io.IOException

Decompresses the given source file to the given destination directory or file.

Requires the source the be an existing and readable File, and the destination to be either a file or a directory. If you pass a directory, the name of the source file is used, with the removed filename extension suffix of the compression type.

Parameters:

source - the compressed source file to decompress

destination - the destination file

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the source is not readable or the destination is not writable

java.io.IOException - when an I/O error occurs

getFilenameExtension

java.lang.String getFilenameExtension()

Returns the filename extension that indicates the file format this compressor handles. E.g .gz". or ".bz2".

Returns:

a filename extension with a preceding dot