bpp
Class Unglobber

java.lang.Object
  bpp.Unglobber

public class Unglobber

extends java.lang.Object

Convenience class to unglob file names with the following conventions:

	form	function
-	1 parent directory (like ..)
--	0 or more parent directories
+	1 child directory
++	0 or more child directories
name	name, with * wildcard supported (matching any character except a directory separator
?regexp	Matches the given regular expression

Examples:

• --/classes --- all files named classes in this or a parent directory.
• --/java/lib/++/*.jar --- would match all of the following: ./java/lib/local/myjars/jar1.jar, ../java/lib/jar2.jar and ../../java/lib/ext/j.jar.
• --/java/?(doc|docs)/++/?.*\.(htm|html) all the .htm and .html files in a subfolder of java/doc or java/docs in this or a parent directroy.

WARNING: Using ++ after -- will result in an infinite recursion.

Constructor Summary

Unglobber(java.lang.String pattern)
Construct an unglobber based on a string pattern which is split on the file.separator system property value.

Unglobber(java.lang.String[] spattern)
Construct an unglobber already split into parts.

Method Summary

static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Test the unglobber: unglob given args in the current working directory.
java.io.File[]	unglob() Unglob a file set based on the current working directory.
java.io.File[]	unglob(java.io.File root) Unglob a file set based on the given root file

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Unglobber

public Unglobber(java.lang.String pattern)

Construct an unglobber based on a string pattern which is split on the file.separator system property value.

Unglobber

public Unglobber(java.lang.String[] spattern)

Construct an unglobber already split into parts.

Method Detail

unglob

public java.io.File[] unglob(java.io.File root)

Unglob a file set based on the given root file

unglob

public java.io.File[] unglob()

Unglob a file set based on the current working directory.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Test the unglobber: unglob given args in the current working directory.