brahms.base.util
Class FileLocator

java.lang.Object
  brahms.base.util.FileLocator

public class FileLocator
extends java.lang.Object

FileLocator is a utility class to find a file. This class will try to find the file using the following methods:

1. The name of the file

2. Search the following places:

• Current directory (.)
• JRE/lib
• User's home directory
• Java classpath

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2008/05/29 20:30:36 $ $Author: rvhoof $

Author:

Ron van Hoof

Constructor Summary

FileLocator()

Method Summary

static java.io.File

findFile(java.lang.String filename) Tries to find the file with the specified name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileLocator

public FileLocator()

Method Detail

findFile

public static java.io.File findFile(java.lang.String filename)

Tries to find the file with the specified name. This method will try to find the configuration file using the following methods:

1. The name of the file

2. The agent tries to locate that file by searching the following places:

• Current directory (.)
• JRE/lib
• User's home directory
• Java classpath

Parameters:

filename - the name of the file to be located

Returns:

File the File reference if the file was found, null if the file could not be found