yafs/de.clayntech.yafs/Entity

Entity

public interface Entity

An Entity represents an object within a filesystem. An Entity can be a file or a directory or other distinct objects that share the same properties and basic functionalities

Functions

create

public abstract Unit create()

Creates this entity. The meaning of creation depends on the filesystem implementation. Regardless of the implementation, after using create the result of exists must be true

delete

public abstract Unit delete()

Deletes this entity. The meaning of deletion depends on the filesystem implementation. Regardless of the implementation, after using delete the result of exists must be false

exists

public abstract Boolean exists()

Returns if this entity exists or not.

getName

public abstract String getName()

Returns the name of this entity.

getPath

public abstract String getPath(Character separator)

Returns the path representation of this entity. Each entity in the path is separated with the separator. The path returned by this method without changing the separator can be used with Directory.getDirectory or Directory.getFile on the root directory of the filesystem to get this entity again.

size

public abstract Long size()

Returns the size of this entity. The size may be different for different kinds of entities. Entities should return -1 if exists returns false

Entity

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