Package eu.bandm.tools.util.files

Class CliOrGui

java.lang.Object

eu.bandm.tools.util.files.CliOrGui

public class CliOrGui
extends Object

Gets file names from command line or a very primitive interactive GUI input.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	CliOrGui.FileChooser	Interactive file chooser.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static @Opt File	selectOneInputFile(String title, boolean lenient, String[] args)	Define the path of one input file.
static @Opt File	selectOneInputFile(String title, CliOrGui.FileChooser fileChooser, boolean lenient, String[] args)	Define the path of one input file.
static CliOrGui.FileChooser	wrap(JFileChooser peer)	Factory method to wrap a Java Swing file chooser.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

wrap

public static CliOrGui.FileChooser wrap(JFileChooser peer)

Factory method to wrap a Java Swing file chooser.

Parameters:

peer - the Java Swing instance to wrap.

Returns:

a file chooser

selectOneInputFile

@Opt
public static @Opt File selectOneInputFile(String title,
 boolean lenient,
 String[] args)

Define the path of one input file. When the command line parameters contain strings, then the first is tried as a file name. If not, an interactive swing gui is started. This method uses a default interactive file chooser, as defined by Java Swing.

Parameters:

title - of the GUI input dialog

lenient - if multiple command line parameters are allowed

args - the list of strings as found on the command line

Returns:

the selected file, or null if none is selected or there are unallowed multiple command line parameters

selectOneInputFile

@Opt
public static @Opt File selectOneInputFile(String title,
 CliOrGui.FileChooser fileChooser,
 boolean lenient,
 String[] args)

Define the path of one input file. When the command line parameters contain strings, then the first is tried as a file name. If not, an interactive swing gui is started.

Parameters:

title - of the GUI input dialog

fileChooser - the interactive file chooser to use, if the command line arguments are missing.

lenient - if multiple command line parameters are allowed

args - the list of strings as found on the command line

Returns:

the selected file, or null if none is selected or there are unallowed multiple command line parameters.