org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport

org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ResourceGroovyMethods

public class ResourceGroovyMethods extends DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport

This class defines new groovy methods for Files, URLs, URIs which appear on normal JDK classes inside the Groovy environment. Static methods are used with the first parameter being the destination class, i.e. public static long size(File self) provides a size() method for File.

NOTE: While this class contains many 'public' static methods, it is primarily regarded as an internal class (its internal package name suggests this also). We value backwards compatibility of these methods when used within Groovy but value less backwards compatibility at the Java method call level. I.e. future versions of Groovy may remove or move a method call in this file but would normally aim to keep the method available from within Groovy.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

ResourceGroovyMethods()
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static void

append(File file, byte[] bytes)

Append bytes to the end of a File.

static void

append(File self, InputStream stream)

Append binary data to the file.

static void

append(File file, Reader reader)

Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM.

static void

append(File file, Reader reader, boolean writeBom)

Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.

static void

append(File file, Reader reader, String charset)

Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.

static void

append(File file, Reader reader, String charset, boolean writeBom)

Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.

static void

append(File file, Writer writer)

Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM.

static void

append(File file, Writer writer, boolean writeBom)

Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File.

static void

append(File file, Writer writer, String charset)

Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.

static void

append(File file, Writer writer, String charset, boolean writeBom)

Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.

static void

append(File file, Object text)

Append the text at the end of the File without writing a BOM.

static void

append(File file, Object text, boolean writeBom)

Append the text at the end of the File.

static void

append(File file, Object text, String charset)

Append the text at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.

static void

append(File file, Object text, String charset, boolean writeBom)

Append the text at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.

static boolean

asBoolean(File file)

Coerce the file to a boolean value.

static <T> T

asType(File f, Class<T> c)

Converts this File to a Writable or delegates to default DefaultGroovyMethods.asType(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class).

static File

asWritable(File file)

Converts this File to a Writable.

static File

asWritable(File file, String encoding)

Allows a file to return a Writable implementation that can output itself to a Writer stream.

static File

createParentDirectories(File self)

Creates, if needed, any parent directories for this File.

static boolean

deleteDir(File self)

Deletes a directory with all contained files and subdirectories.

static long

directorySize(File self)

Calculates directory size as total size of all its files, recursively.

static void

eachByte(File self, int bufferLen, Closure closure)

Traverse through the bytes of this File, bufferLen bytes at a time.

static void

eachByte(File self, Closure closure)

Traverse through each byte of this File

static void

eachByte(URL url, int bufferLen, Closure closure)

Reads the InputStream from this URL, passing a byte[] and a number of bytes to the given closure.

static void

eachByte(URL url, Closure closure)

Reads the InputStream from this URL, passing each byte to the given closure.

static void

eachDir(File self, Closure closure)

Invokes the closure for each subdirectory in this directory, ignoring regular files.

static void

eachDirMatch(File self, Object nameFilter, Closure closure)

Invokes the closure for each subdirectory whose name (dir.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method to determine if a match occurs.

static void

eachDirRecurse(File self, Closure closure)

Recursively processes each descendant subdirectory in this directory.

static void

eachFile(File self, FileType fileType, Closure closure)

Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory.

static void

eachFile(File self, Closure closure)

Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory.

static void

eachFileMatch(File self, FileType fileType, Object nameFilter, Closure closure)

Invokes the closure for each file whose name (file.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method to determine if a match occurs.

static void

eachFileMatch(File self, Object nameFilter, Closure closure)

Invokes the closure for each file whose name (file.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method to determine if a match occurs.

static void

eachFileRecurse(File self, FileType fileType, Closure closure)

Processes each descendant file in this directory and any subdirectories.

static void

eachFileRecurse(File self, Closure closure)

Processes each descendant file in this directory and any subdirectories.

static <T> T

eachLine(File self, int firstLine, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through this file line by line.

static <T> T

eachLine(File self, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through this file line by line.

static <T> T

eachLine(File self, String charset, int firstLine, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through this file line by line.

static <T> T

eachLine(File self, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through this file line by line.

static <T> T

eachLine(URL url, int firstLine, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure.

static <T> T

eachLine(URL url, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure.

static <T> T

eachLine(URL url, String charset, int firstLine, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure.

static <T> T

eachLine(URL url, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure.

static void

eachObject(File self, Closure closure)

Iterates through the given file object by object.

static Writable

filterLine(File self, Closure closure)

Filters the lines of a File and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.

static void

filterLine(File self, Writer writer, Closure closure)

Filter the lines from this File, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.

static void

filterLine(File self, Writer writer, String charset, Closure closure)

Filter the lines from this File, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.

static Writable

filterLine(File self, String charset, Closure closure)

Filters the lines of a File and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.

static Writable

filterLine(URL self, Closure predicate)

Filter lines from a URL using a closure predicate.

static void

filterLine(URL self, Writer writer, Closure predicate)

Uses a closure to filter lines from this URL and pass them to the given writer.

static void

filterLine(URL self, Writer writer, String charset, Closure predicate)

Uses a closure to filter lines from this URL and pass them to the given writer.

static Writable

filterLine(URL self, String charset, Closure predicate)

Filter lines from a URL using a closure predicate.

static String

getBaseName(File self)

Provide the file's name without an extension.

static byte[]

getBytes(File file)

Read the content of the File and returns it as a byte[].

static byte[]

getBytes(URL url)

Read the content of this URL and returns it as a byte[].

static byte[]

getBytes(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters)

Read the content of this URL and returns it as a byte[].

static String

getExtension(File self)

Provide the extension of this file.

static String

getText(File file)

Read the content of the File and returns it as a String.

static String

getText(File file, String charset)

Read the content of the File using the specified encoding and return it as a String.

static String

getText(URL url)

Read the content of this URL and returns it as a String.

static String

getText(URL url, String charset)

Read the data from this URL and return it as a String.

static String

getText(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters)

Read the content of this URL and returns it as a String.

static String

getText(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters, String charset)

Read the data from this URL and return it as a String.

static File

leftShift(File file, byte[] bytes)

Write bytes to a File.

static File

leftShift(File file, InputStream data)

Append binary data to the file.

static File

leftShift(File file, Object text)

Write the text to the File.

static DataInputStream

newDataInputStream(File file)

Create a data input stream for this file

static DataOutputStream

newDataOutputStream(File file)

Creates a new data output stream for this file.

static BufferedInputStream

newInputStream(File file)

Creates a buffered input stream for this file.

static BufferedInputStream

newInputStream(URL url)

Creates a buffered input stream for this URL.

static BufferedInputStream

newInputStream(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters)

Creates a buffered input stream for this URL.

static ObjectInputStream

newObjectInputStream(File file)

Create an object input stream for this file.

static ObjectInputStream

newObjectInputStream(File file, ClassLoader classLoader)

Create an object input stream for this file using the given class loader.

static ObjectOutputStream

newObjectOutputStream(File file)

Create an object output stream for this file.

static BufferedOutputStream

newOutputStream(File file)

Create a buffered output stream for this file.

static PrintWriter

newPrintWriter(File file)

Create a new PrintWriter for this file.

static PrintWriter

newPrintWriter(File file, String charset)

Create a new PrintWriter for this file, using specified charset.

static BufferedReader

newReader(File file)

Create a buffered reader for this file.

static BufferedReader

newReader(File file, String charset)

Create a buffered reader for this file, using the specified charset as the encoding.

static BufferedReader

newReader(URL url)

Creates a buffered reader for this URL.

static BufferedReader

newReader(URL url, String charset)

Creates a buffered reader for this URL using the given encoding.

static BufferedReader

newReader(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters)

Creates a buffered reader for this URL.

static BufferedReader

newReader(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters, String charset)

Creates a buffered reader for this URL using the given encoding.

static BufferedWriter

newWriter(File file)

Create a buffered writer for this file.

static BufferedWriter

newWriter(File file, boolean append)

Creates a buffered writer for this file, optionally appending to the existing file content.

static BufferedWriter

newWriter(File file, String charset)

Creates a buffered writer for this file, writing data without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.

static BufferedWriter

newWriter(File file, String charset, boolean append)

Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file without writing a BOM.

static BufferedWriter

newWriter(File file, String charset, boolean append, boolean writeBom)

Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file.

static byte[]

readBytes(File file)

Reads the content of the file into a byte array.

static List<String>

readLines(File file)

Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.

static List<String>

readLines(File file, String charset)

Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.

static List<String>

readLines(URL self)

Reads the URL contents into a list, with one element for each line.

static List<String>

readLines(URL self, String charset)

Reads the URL contents into a list, with one element for each line.

static String

relativePath(File self, File to)

Relative path to file.

static boolean

renameTo(File self, String newPathName)

Renames the file.

static void

setBytes(File file, byte[] bytes)

Write the bytes from the byte array to the File.

static void

setText(File file, String text)

Synonym for write(text) allowing file.text = 'foo'.

static void

setText(File file, String text, String charset)

Synonym for write(text, charset) allowing:

static long

size(File self)

Provide the standard Groovy size() method for File.

static <T> T

splitEachLine(File self, String regex, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.

static <T> T

splitEachLine(File self, String regex, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.

static <T> T

splitEachLine(File self, Pattern pattern, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given separator Pattern.

static <T> T

splitEachLine(File self, Pattern pattern, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern.

static <T> T

splitEachLine(URL self, String regex, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.

static <T> T

splitEachLine(URL self, String regex, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.

static <T> T

splitEachLine(URL self, Pattern pattern, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern.

static <T> T

splitEachLine(URL self, Pattern pattern, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern.

static URI

toURI(CharSequence self)

Transforms a CharSequence representing a URI into a URI object.

static URI

toURI(String self)

Transforms a String representing a URI into a URI object.

static URL

toURL(CharSequence self)

Transforms a CharSequence representing a URL into a URL object.

static URL

toURL(String self)

Transforms a String representing a URL into a URL object.

static void

traverse(File self, Closure closure)

Processes each descendant file in this directory and any subdirectories.

static void

traverse(File self, Map<String,?> options)

Invokes the closure specified with key 'visit' in the options Map for each descendant file in this directory tree.

static void

traverse(File self, Map<String,?> options, Closure closure)

Processes each descendant file in this directory and any subdirectories.

static <T> T

withDataInputStream(File file, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new DataInputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.

static <T> T

withDataOutputStream(File file, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new DataOutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.

static Object

withInputStream(File file, Closure closure)

Create a new InputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.

static <T> T

withInputStream(URL url, Closure<T> closure)

Creates a new InputStream for this URL and passes it into the closure.

static <T> T

withObjectInputStream(File file, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file and pass it to the closure.

static <T> T

withObjectInputStream(File file, ClassLoader classLoader, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file associated with the given class loader and pass it to the closure.

static <T> T

withObjectOutputStream(File file, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new ObjectOutputStream for this file and then pass it to the closure.

static Object

withOutputStream(File file, Closure closure)

Creates a new OutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.

static <T> T

withPrintWriter(File file, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new PrintWriter for this file which is then passed it into the given closure.

static <T> T

withPrintWriter(File file, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new PrintWriter with a specified charset for this file.

static <T> T

withReader(File file, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new BufferedReader for this file and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.

static <T> T

withReader(File file, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new BufferedReader for this file using the specified charset and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.

static <T> T

withReader(URL url, Closure<T> closure)

Helper method to create a new BufferedReader for a URL and then passes it to the closure.

static <T> T

withReader(URL url, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Helper method to create a new Reader for a URL and then passes it to the closure.

static <T> T

withWriter(File file, Closure<T> closure)

Creates a new BufferedWriter for this file, passes it to the closure, and ensures the stream is flushed and closed after the closure returns.

static <T> T

withWriter(File file, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Creates a new BufferedWriter for this file, passes it to the closure, and ensures the stream is flushed and closed after the closure returns.

static <T> T

withWriterAppend(File file, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new BufferedWriter for this file in append mode.

static <T> T

withWriterAppend(File file, String charset, Closure<T> closure)

Create a new BufferedWriter which will append to this file.

static void

write(File file, String text)

Write the text to the File without writing a BOM.

static void

write(File file, String text, boolean writeBom)

Write the text to the File.

static void

write(File file, String text, String charset)

Write the text to the File without writing a BOM, using the specified encoding.

static void

write(File file, String text, String charset, boolean writeBom)

Write the text to the File, using the specified encoding.

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport
cloneSimilarCollection, cloneSimilarMap, closeQuietly, closeWithWarning, createSimilarArray, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarList, createSimilarMap, createSimilarOrDefaultCollection, createSimilarQueue, createSimilarSet, normaliseIndex, sameType, sameType, subListBorders, subListBorders, subListRange, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- ResourceGroovyMethods
  
  public ResourceGroovyMethods()
Method Details
- size
  
  public static long size(File self)
  
  Provide the standard Groovy size() method for File.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a file object
  
  Returns:
  
  the file's size (length)
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- getExtension
  
  public static String getExtension(File self)
  
  Provide the extension of this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a file object
  
  Returns:
  
  the extension of this file (not including the dot), or an empty string if it doesn't have one.
  
  Since:
  
  5.0.0
- getBaseName
  
  public static String getBaseName(File self)
  
  Provide the file's name without an extension.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a file object
  
  Returns:
  
  file's name without an extension.
  
  Since:
  
  5.0.0
- directorySize
  
  public static long directorySize(File self) throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Calculates directory size as total size of all its files, recursively.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a file object
  
  Returns:
  
  directory size (length)
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if File object specified does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  2.1
- asBoolean
  
  public static boolean asBoolean(File file)
  
  Coerce the file to a boolean value.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the file exists, false otherwise
  
  Since:
  
  5.0.0
- newObjectOutputStream
  
  public static ObjectOutputStream newObjectOutputStream(File file) throws IOException
  
  Create an object output stream for this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a file
  
  Returns:
  
  an object output stream
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- withObjectOutputStream
  
  public static <T> T withObjectOutputStream(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.ObjectOutputStream") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new ObjectOutputStream for this file and then pass it to the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- newObjectInputStream
  
  public static ObjectInputStream newObjectInputStream(File file) throws IOException
  
  Create an object input stream for this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a file
  
  Returns:
  
  an object input stream
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- newObjectInputStream
  
  public static ObjectInputStream newObjectInputStream(File file, ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException
  
  Create an object input stream for this file using the given class loader.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a file
  
  classLoader - the class loader to use when loading the class
  
  Returns:
  
  an object input stream
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- eachObject
  
  public static void eachObject(File self, Closure closure) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
  
  Iterates through the given file object by object.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  ClassNotFoundException - if the class is not found.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- withObjectInputStream
  
  public static <T> T withObjectInputStream(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.ObjectInputStream") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file and pass it to the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- withObjectInputStream
  
  public static <T> T withObjectInputStream(File file, ClassLoader classLoader, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.ObjectInputStream") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file associated with the given class loader and pass it to the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  classLoader - the class loader to use when loading the class
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachLine
  
  public static <T> T eachLine(File self, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through this file line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The file is read using a reader which is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  closure - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1)
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.5
  
  See Also:
  
  eachLine(java.io.File, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachLine
  
  public static <T> T eachLine(File self, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through this file line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The file is read using a reader which is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  closure - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1)
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  eachLine(java.io.File, java.lang.String, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachLine
  
  public static <T> T eachLine(File self, int firstLine, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through this file line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The file is read using a reader which is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  firstLine - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)
  
  closure - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number)
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.7
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachLine(java.io.Reader, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachLine
  
  public static <T> T eachLine(File self, String charset, int firstLine, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through this file line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The file is read using a reader which is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  firstLine - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)
  
  closure - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number)
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachLine(java.io.Reader, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachLine
  
  public static <T> T eachLine(URL url, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The stream is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL to open and read
  
  closure - a closure to apply on each line (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1)
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.6
  
  See Also:
  
  eachLine(java.net.URL, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachLine
  
  public static <T> T eachLine(URL url, int firstLine, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The stream is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL to open and read
  
  firstLine - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)
  
  closure - a closure to apply on each line (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number)
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.7
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachLine(java.io.InputStream, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachLine
  
  public static <T> T eachLine(URL url, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The stream is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL to open and read
  
  charset - opens the stream with a specified charset
  
  closure - a closure to apply on each line (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1)
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.6
  
  See Also:
  
  eachLine(java.net.URL, java.lang.String, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachLine
  
  public static <T> T eachLine(URL url, String charset, int firstLine, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"String","String,Integer"}) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The stream is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL to open and read
  
  charset - opens the stream with a specified charset
  
  firstLine - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)
  
  closure - a closure to apply on each line (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number)
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.7
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachLine(java.io.Reader, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- splitEachLine
  
  public static <T> T splitEachLine(File self, String regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the file are closed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  regex - the delimiting regular expression
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.5
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.lang.String, groovy.lang.Closure)
- splitEachLine
  
  public static <T> T splitEachLine(File self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression Pattern. Finally the resources used for processing the file are closed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
- splitEachLine
  
  public static <T> T splitEachLine(File self, String regex, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the file are closed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  regex - the delimiting regular expression
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.lang.String, groovy.lang.Closure)
- splitEachLine
  
  public static <T> T splitEachLine(File self, Pattern pattern, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the file are closed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
- splitEachLine
  
  public static <T> T splitEachLine(URL self, String regex, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the URL are closed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a URL to open and read
  
  regex - the delimiting regular expression
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.lang.String, groovy.lang.Closure)
- splitEachLine
  
  public static <T> T splitEachLine(URL self, Pattern pattern, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the URL are closed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a URL to open and read
  
  pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
- splitEachLine
  
  public static <T> T splitEachLine(URL self, String regex, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the URL are closed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a URL to open and read
  
  regex - the delimiting regular expression
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  PatternSyntaxException - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.lang.String, groovy.lang.Closure)
- splitEachLine
  
  public static <T> T splitEachLine(URL self, Pattern pattern, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options={"List<String>","String[]"},conflictResolutionStrategy=PickFirstResolver.class) Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the URL are closed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a URL to open and read
  
  pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the last value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)
- readLines
  
  public static List<String> readLines(File file) throws IOException
  
  Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  a List of lines
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.readLines(java.io.Reader)
- readLines
  
  public static List<String> readLines(File file, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  Returns:
  
  a List of lines
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.readLines(java.io.Reader)
- readLines
  
  public static List<String> readLines(URL self) throws IOException
  
  Reads the URL contents into a list, with one element for each line.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a URL
  
  Returns:
  
  a List of lines
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.readLines(java.io.Reader)
- readLines
  
  public static List<String> readLines(URL self, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Reads the URL contents into a list, with one element for each line.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a URL
  
  charset - opens the URL with a specified charset
  
  Returns:
  
  a List of lines
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.readLines(java.io.Reader)
- getText
  
  public static String getText(File file, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Read the content of the File using the specified encoding and return it as a String.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - the file whose content we want to read
  
  charset - the charset used to read the content of the file
  
  Returns:
  
  a String containing the content of the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- getText
  
  public static String getText(File file) throws IOException
  
  Read the content of the File and returns it as a String.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - the file whose content we want to read
  
  Returns:
  
  a String containing the content of the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- getText
  
  public static String getText(URL url) throws IOException
  
  Read the content of this URL and returns it as a String.
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - URL to read content from
  
  Returns:
  
  the text from that URL
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- getText
  
  public static String getText(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters) throws IOException
  Read the content of this URL and returns it as a String. The default connection parameters can be modified by adding keys to the parameters map:
  
  connectTimeout : the connection timeout
  
  readTimeout : the read timeout
  
  useCaches : set the use cache property for the URL connection
  
  allowUserInteraction : set the user interaction flag for the URL connection
  
  requestProperties : a map of properties to be passed to the URL connection
  Parameters:
  
  url - URL to read content from
  
  parameters - connection parameters
  
  Returns:
  
  the text from that URL
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.8.1
- getText
  
  public static String getText(URL url, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Read the data from this URL and return it as a String. The connection stream is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - URL to read content from
  
  charset - opens the stream with a specified charset
  
  Returns:
  
  the text from that URL
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  URLConnection.getInputStream()
- getText
  
  public static String getText(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Read the data from this URL and return it as a String. The connection stream is closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - URL to read content from
  
  parameters - connection parameters
  
  charset - opens the stream with a specified charset
  
  Returns:
  
  the text from that URL
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.8.1
  
  See Also:
  
  URLConnection.getInputStream()
- getBytes
  
  public static byte[] getBytes(File file) throws IOException
  
  Read the content of the File and returns it as a byte[].
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - the file whose content we want to read
  
  Returns:
  
  a String containing the content of the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
- getBytes
  
  public static byte[] getBytes(URL url) throws IOException
  
  Read the content of this URL and returns it as a byte[].
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - URL to read content from
  
  Returns:
  
  the byte[] from that URL
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
- getBytes
  
  public static byte[] getBytes(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters) throws IOException
  Read the content of this URL and returns it as a byte[]. The default connection parameters can be modified by adding keys to the parameters map:
  
  connectTimeout : the connection timeout
  
  readTimeout : the read timeout
  
  useCaches : set the use cache property for the URL connection
  
  allowUserInteraction : set the user interaction flag for the URL connection
  
  requestProperties : a map of properties to be passed to the URL connection
  Parameters:
  
  url - URL to read content from
  
  parameters - connection parameters
  
  Returns:
  
  the byte[] from that URL
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.4.4
- setBytes
  
  public static void setBytes(File file, byte[] bytes) throws IOException
  
  Write the bytes from the byte array to the File.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - the file to write to
  
  bytes - the byte[] to write to the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
- createParentDirectories
  
  public static File createParentDirectories(File self) throws IOException
  
  Creates, if needed, any parent directories for this File.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  itself
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if the parent directories couldn't be created
- write
  
  public static void write(File file, String text) throws IOException
  
  Write the text to the File without writing a BOM.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to write to the File
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- write
  
  public static void write(File file, String text, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Write the text to the File. If the default charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias) and writeBom is true, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to write to the File
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- setText
  
  public static void setText(File file, String text) throws IOException
  
  Synonym for write(text) allowing file.text = 'foo'.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to write to the File
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.1
  
  See Also:
  
  write(java.io.File, java.lang.String)
- setText
  
  public static void setText(File file, String text, String charset) throws IOException
  Synonym for write(text, charset) allowing:
  myFile.setText('some text', charset)
  or with some help from ExpandoMetaClass, you could do something like:
  myFile.metaClass.setText = { String s -> delegate.setText(s, 'UTF-8') } myfile.text = 'some text'
  Parameters:
  
  file - A File
  
  charset - The charset used when writing to the file
  
  text - The text to write to the File
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.3
  
  See Also:
  
  write(java.io.File, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
- leftShift
  
  public static File leftShift(File file, Object text) throws IOException
  
  Write the text to the File.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to write to the File
  
  Returns:
  
  the original file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- leftShift
  
  public static File leftShift(File file, byte[] bytes) throws IOException
  
  Write bytes to a File.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  bytes - the byte array to append to the end of the File
  
  Returns:
  
  the original file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- leftShift
  
  public static File leftShift(File file, InputStream data) throws IOException
  
  Append binary data to the file. See append(java.io.File, java.io.InputStream)
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  data - an InputStream of data to write to the file
  
  Returns:
  
  the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- write
  
  public static void write(File file, String text, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Write the text to the File without writing a BOM, using the specified encoding.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to write to the File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- write
  
  public static void write(File file, String text, String charset, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Write the text to the File, using the specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias) and writeBom is true, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to write to the File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Object text) throws IOException
  
  Append the text at the end of the File without writing a BOM.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to append at the end of the File
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Object text, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Append the text at the end of the File. If the default charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias) and writeBom is true, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to append at the end of the File
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Reader reader) throws IOException
  
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  reader - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.3
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Writer writer) throws IOException
  
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  writer - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.3
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Writer writer, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File. If the default charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias) and writeBom is true, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  writer - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, byte[] bytes) throws IOException
  
  Append bytes to the end of a File. It will not be interpreted as text.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  bytes - the byte array to append to the end of the File
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.1
- append
  
  public static void append(File self, InputStream stream) throws IOException
  
  Append binary data to the file. It will not be interpreted as text.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  stream - stream to read data from.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Object text, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Append the text at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to append at the end of the File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Object text, String charset, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Append the text at the end of the File, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), writeBom is true, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  text - the text to append at the end of the File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Writer writer, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  writer - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.3
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Writer writer, String charset, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), writeBom is true, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  writer - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Reader reader, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), writeBom is true, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  reader - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Reader reader, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  reader - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.3
- append
  
  public static void append(File file, Reader reader, String charset, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), writeBom is true, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  reader - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- eachFile
  
  public static void eachFile(File self, FileType fileType, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory. Both regular files and subfolders/subdirectories can be processed depending on the fileType enum value.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  fileType - if normal files or directories or both should be processed
  
  closure - the closure to invoke
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
- eachFile
  
  public static void eachFile(File self, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory. Both regular files and subfolders/subdirectories are processed.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  closure - a closure (the parameter passed is the 'child' file)
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
  
  See Also:
  
  File.listFiles()
  
  eachFile(java.io.File, groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachDir
  
  public static void eachDir(File self, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Invokes the closure for each subdirectory in this directory, ignoring regular files.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  closure - a closure (the parameter passed is the subdirectory file)
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  File.listFiles()
  
  eachFile(java.io.File, groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachFileRecurse
  
  public static void eachFileRecurse(File self, FileType fileType, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Processes each descendant file in this directory and any subdirectories. Processing consists of potentially calling closure passing it the current file (which may be a normal file or subdirectory) and then if a subdirectory was encountered, recursively processing the subdirectory. Whether the closure is called is determined by whether the file was a normal file or subdirectory and the value of fileType.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  fileType - if normal files or directories or both should be processed
  
  closure - the closure to invoke on each file
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
- traverse
  
  public static void traverse(File self, Map<String,?> options, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  Processes each descendant file in this directory and any subdirectories. Processing consists of potentially calling closure passing it the current file (which may be a normal file or subdirectory) and then if a subdirectory was encountered, recursively processing the subdirectory.
  The traversal can be adapted by providing various options in the options Map according to the following keys:
  
  type
  A FileType enum to determine if normal files or directories or both are processed
  
  preDir
  A Closure run before each directory is processed and optionally returning a FileVisitResult value which can be used to control subsequent processing.
  
  preRoot
  A boolean indicating that the 'preDir' closure should be applied at the root level
  
  postDir
  A Closure run after each directory is processed and optionally returning a FileVisitResult value which can be used to control subsequent processing. Particularly useful when strict depth-first traversal is required.
  
  postRoot
  A boolean indicating that the 'postDir' closure should be applied at the root level
  
  visitRoot
  A boolean indicating that the given closure should be applied for the root dir (not applicable if the 'type' is set to FileType.FILES)
  
  maxDepth
  The maximum number of directory levels when recursing (default is -1 which means infinite, set to 0 for no recursion)
  
  filter
  A filter to perform on traversed files/directories (using the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method). If set, only files/dirs which match are candidates for visiting.
  
  nameFilter
  A filter to perform on the name of traversed files/directories (using the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method). If set, only files/dirs which match are candidates for visiting. (Must not be set if 'filter' is set)
  
  excludeFilter
  A filter to perform on traversed files/directories (using the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method). If set, any candidates which match won't be visited.
  
  excludeNameFilter
  A filter to perform on the names of traversed files/directories (using the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method). If set, any candidates which match won't be visited. (Must not be set if 'excludeFilter' is set)
  
  sort
  A Closure which if set causes the files and subdirectories for each directory to be processed in sorted order. Note that even when processing only files, the order of visited subdirectories will be affected by this parameter.
  
  This example prints out file counts and size aggregates for groovy source files within a directory tree:
  def totalSize = 0 def count = 0 def sortByTypeThenName = { a, b -> a.isFile() != b.isFile() ? a.isFile() <=> b.isFile() : a.name <=> b.name } rootDir.traverse( type : FILES, nameFilter : ~/.*\.groovy/, preDir : { if (it.name == '.svn') return SKIP_SUBTREE }, postDir : { println "Found $count files in $it.name totalling $totalSize bytes" totalSize = 0; count = 0 }, postRoot : true sort : sortByTypeThenName ) {it -> totalSize += it.size(); count++ }
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  options - a Map of options to alter the traversal behavior
  
  closure - the Closure to invoke on each file/directory and optionally returning a FileVisitResult value which can be used to control subsequent processing
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory or illegal filter combinations are supplied
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
  
  See Also:
  
  DefaultGroovyMethods.sort(Iterable, groovy.lang.Closure)
  
  FileVisitResult
  
  FileType
- traverse
  
  public static void traverse(File self, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Processes each descendant file in this directory and any subdirectories. Convenience method for traverse(java.io.File, java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure) when no options to alter the traversal behavior are required.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  closure - the Closure to invoke on each file/directory and optionally returning a FileVisitResult value which can be used to control subsequent processing
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
  
  See Also:
  
  traverse(java.io.File, java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure)
- traverse
  
  public static void traverse(File self, Map<String,?> options) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Invokes the closure specified with key 'visit' in the options Map for each descendant file in this directory tree. Convenience method for traverse(java.io.File, java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure) allowing the 'visit' closure to be included in the options Map rather than as a parameter.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  options - a Map of options to alter the traversal behavior
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory or illegal filter combinations are supplied
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
  
  See Also:
  
  traverse(java.io.File, java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachFileRecurse
  
  public static void eachFileRecurse(File self, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Processes each descendant file in this directory and any subdirectories. Processing consists of calling closure passing it the current file (which may be a normal file or subdirectory) and then if a subdirectory was encountered, recursively processing the subdirectory.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  closure - a Closure
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  eachFileRecurse(java.io.File, groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachDirRecurse
  
  public static void eachDirRecurse(File self, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Recursively processes each descendant subdirectory in this directory. Processing consists of calling closure passing it the current subdirectory and then recursively processing that subdirectory. Regular files are ignored during traversal.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
  
  See Also:
  
  eachFileRecurse(java.io.File, groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachFileMatch
  
  public static void eachFileMatch(File self, FileType fileType, Object nameFilter, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  Invokes the closure for each file whose name (file.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method to determine if a match occurs. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Both regular files and subdirectories may be candidates for matching depending on the value of fileType.
  // collect names of files in baseDir matching supplied regex pattern import static groovy.io.FileType.* def names = [] baseDir.eachFileMatch FILES, ~/foo\d\.txt/, { names << it.name } assert names == ['foo1.txt', 'foo2.txt'] // remove all *.bak files in baseDir baseDir.eachFileMatch FILES, ~/.*\.bak/, { File bak -> bak.delete() } // print out files > 4K in size from baseDir baseDir.eachFileMatch FILES, { new File(baseDir, it).size() > 4096 }, { println "$it.name ${it.size()}" }
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  fileType - whether normal files or directories or both should be processed
  
  nameFilter - the filter to perform on the name of the file/directory (using the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method)
  
  closure - the closure to invoke
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.1
- eachFileMatch
  
  public static void eachFileMatch(File self, Object nameFilter, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Invokes the closure for each file whose name (file.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method to determine if a match occurs. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Both regular files and subdirectories are matched.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  nameFilter - the nameFilter to perform on the name of the file (using the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method)
  
  closure - the closure to invoke
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
  
  See Also:
  
  eachFileMatch(java.io.File, groovy.io.FileType, java.lang.Object, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachDirMatch
  
  public static void eachDirMatch(File self, Object nameFilter, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.File") Closure closure) throws FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  Invokes the closure for each subdirectory whose name (dir.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method to determine if a match occurs. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Only subdirectories are matched; regular files are ignored.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File (that happens to be a folder/directory)
  
  nameFilter - the nameFilter to perform on the name of the directory (using the DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method)
  
  closure - the closure to invoke
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the given directory does not exist
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if the provided File object does not represent a directory
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
  
  See Also:
  
  eachFileMatch(java.io.File, groovy.io.FileType, java.lang.Object, groovy.lang.Closure)
- deleteDir
  
  public static boolean deleteDir(File self)
  Deletes a directory with all contained files and subdirectories.
  The method returns
  
  true, when deletion was successful
  
  true, when it is called for a non existing directory
  
  false, when it is called for a file which isn't a directory
  
  false, when directory couldn't be deleted
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the file doesn't exist or deletion was successful
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.0
- renameTo
  
  public static boolean renameTo(File self, String newPathName)
  
  Renames the file. It's a shortcut for File.renameTo(File)
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  newPathName - The new pathname for the named file
  
  Returns:
  
  true if and only if the renaming succeeded; false otherwise
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.4
- relativePath
  
  public static String relativePath(File self, File to) throws IOException
  
  Relative path to file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - the File to calculate the path from
  
  to - the File to calculate the path to
  
  Returns:
  
  the relative path between the files
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
- asWritable
  
  public static File asWritable(File file)
  
  Converts this File to a Writable.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  a File which wraps the input file and which implements Writable
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- asType
  
  public static <T> T asType(File f, Class<T> c)
  
  Converts this File to a Writable or delegates to default DefaultGroovyMethods.asType(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class).
  
  Parameters:
  
  f - a File
  
  c - the desired class
  
  Returns:
  
  the converted object
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- asWritable
  
  public static File asWritable(File file, String encoding)
  
  Allows a file to return a Writable implementation that can output itself to a Writer stream.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  encoding - the encoding to be used when reading the file's contents
  
  Returns:
  
  File which wraps the input file and which implements Writable
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- newReader
  
  public static BufferedReader newReader(File file) throws IOException
  
  Create a buffered reader for this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedReader
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- newReader
  
  public static BufferedReader newReader(File file, String charset) throws FileNotFoundException, UnsupportedEncodingException
  
  Create a buffered reader for this file, using the specified charset as the encoding.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - the charset for this File
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedReader
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the File was not found
  
  UnsupportedEncodingException - if the encoding specified is not supported
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- withReader
  
  public static <T> T withReader(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.BufferedReader") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new BufferedReader for this file and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a file object
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- withReader
  
  public static <T> T withReader(File file, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.BufferedReader") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new BufferedReader for this file using the specified charset and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a file object
  
  charset - the charset for this input stream
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.0
- newOutputStream
  
  public static BufferedOutputStream newOutputStream(File file) throws IOException
  
  Create a buffered output stream for this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a file object
  
  Returns:
  
  the created OutputStream
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- newDataOutputStream
  
  public static DataOutputStream newDataOutputStream(File file) throws IOException
  
  Creates a new data output stream for this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a file object
  
  Returns:
  
  the created DataOutputStream
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- withOutputStream
  
  public static Object withOutputStream(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.OutputStream") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Creates a new OutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- withInputStream
  
  public static Object withInputStream(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.InputStream") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new InputStream for this file and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- withInputStream
  
  public static <T> T withInputStream(URL url, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.InputStream") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Creates a new InputStream for this URL and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- withDataOutputStream
  
  public static <T> T withDataOutputStream(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.DataOutputStream") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new DataOutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- withDataInputStream
  
  public static <T> T withDataInputStream(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.DataInputStream") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new DataInputStream for this file and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- newWriter
  
  public static BufferedWriter newWriter(File file) throws IOException
  
  Create a buffered writer for this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedWriter
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- newWriter
  
  public static BufferedWriter newWriter(File file, boolean append) throws IOException
  
  Creates a buffered writer for this file, optionally appending to the existing file content.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  append - true if data should be appended to the file
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedWriter
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- newWriter
  
  public static BufferedWriter newWriter(File file, String charset, boolean append) throws IOException
  
  Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file without writing a BOM.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - the name of the encoding used to write in this file
  
  append - true if in append mode
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedWriter
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- newWriter
  
  public static BufferedWriter newWriter(File file, String charset, boolean append, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
  
  Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream before the writer is returned.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - the name of the encoding used to write in this file
  
  append - true if in append mode
  
  writeBom - whether to write a BOM
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedWriter
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  2.5.0
- newWriter
  
  public static BufferedWriter newWriter(File file, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Creates a buffered writer for this file, writing data without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - the name of the encoding used to write in this file
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedWriter
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- withWriter
  
  public static <T> T withWriter(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.BufferedWriter") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Creates a new BufferedWriter for this file, passes it to the closure, and ensures the stream is flushed and closed after the closure returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- withWriter
  
  public static <T> T withWriter(File file, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.BufferedWriter") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Creates a new BufferedWriter for this file, passes it to the closure, and ensures the stream is flushed and closed after the closure returns. The writer will use the given charset encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream when the writer is created.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- withWriterAppend
  
  public static <T> T withWriterAppend(File file, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.BufferedWriter") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new BufferedWriter which will append to this file. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream when the writer is created. The writer is passed to the closure and will be closed before this method returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- withWriterAppend
  
  public static <T> T withWriterAppend(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.BufferedWriter") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new BufferedWriter for this file in append mode. The writer is passed to the closure and is closed after the closure returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- newPrintWriter
  
  public static PrintWriter newPrintWriter(File file) throws IOException
  
  Create a new PrintWriter for this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  the created PrintWriter
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- newPrintWriter
  
  public static PrintWriter newPrintWriter(File file, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Create a new PrintWriter for this file, using specified charset. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream before the writer is returned.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - the charset
  
  Returns:
  
  a PrintWriter
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- withPrintWriter
  
  public static <T> T withPrintWriter(File file, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.PrintWriter") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new PrintWriter for this file which is then passed it into the given closure. This method ensures the writer is closed after the closure returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  closure - the closure to invoke with the PrintWriter
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- withPrintWriter
  
  public static <T> T withPrintWriter(File file, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.PrintWriter") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Create a new PrintWriter with a specified charset for this file. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream when the writer is created. The writer is passed to the closure, and will be closed before this method returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  charset - the charset
  
  closure - the closure to invoke with the PrintWriter
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- withReader
  
  public static <T> T withReader(URL url, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.Reader") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Helper method to create a new BufferedReader for a URL and then passes it to the closure. The reader is closed after the closure returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  closure - the closure to invoke with the reader
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- withReader
  
  public static <T> T withReader(URL url, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.io.Reader") Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
  
  Helper method to create a new Reader for a URL and then passes it to the closure. The reader is closed after the closure returns.
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  charset - the charset used
  
  closure - the closure to invoke with the reader
  
  Returns:
  
  the value returned by the closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.6
- newInputStream
  
  public static BufferedInputStream newInputStream(File file) throws FileNotFoundException
  
  Creates a buffered input stream for this file.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedInputStream of the file
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the file is not found.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- newInputStream
  
  public static BufferedInputStream newInputStream(URL url) throws IOException
  
  Creates a buffered input stream for this URL.
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedInputStream for the URL
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an I/O error occurs while creating the input stream
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.2
- newInputStream
  
  public static BufferedInputStream newInputStream(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters) throws IOException
  Creates a buffered input stream for this URL. The default connection parameters can be modified by adding keys to the parameters map:
  
  connectTimeout : the connection timeout
  
  readTimeout : the read timeout
  
  useCaches : set the use cache property for the URL connection
  
  allowUserInteraction : set the user interaction flag for the URL connection
  
  requestProperties : a map of properties to be passed to the URL connection
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  parameters - connection parameters
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedInputStream for the URL
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an I/O error occurs while creating the input stream
  
  Since:
  
  1.8.1
- newReader
  
  public static BufferedReader newReader(URL url) throws IOException
  
  Creates a buffered reader for this URL.
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedReader for the URL
  
  Throws:
  
  MalformedURLException - is thrown if the URL is not well-formed
  
  IOException - if an I/O error occurs while creating the input stream
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.5
- newReader
  
  public static BufferedReader newReader(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters) throws IOException
  Creates a buffered reader for this URL. The default connection parameters can be modified by adding keys to the parameters map:
  
  connectTimeout : the connection timeout
  
  readTimeout : the read timeout
  
  useCaches : set the use cache property for the URL connection
  
  allowUserInteraction : set the user interaction flag for the URL connection
  
  requestProperties : a map of properties to be passed to the URL connection
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  parameters - connection parameters
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedReader for the URL
  
  Throws:
  
  MalformedURLException - is thrown if the URL is not well-formed
  
  IOException - if an I/O error occurs while creating the input stream
  
  Since:
  
  1.8.1
- newReader
  
  public static BufferedReader newReader(URL url, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Creates a buffered reader for this URL using the given encoding.
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  charset - opens the stream with a specified charset
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedReader for the URL
  
  Throws:
  
  MalformedURLException - is thrown if the URL is not well-formed
  
  IOException - if an I/O error occurs while creating the input stream
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.5
- newReader
  
  public static BufferedReader newReader(URL url, Map<String,?> parameters, String charset) throws IOException
  
  Creates a buffered reader for this URL using the given encoding.
  
  Parameters:
  
  url - a URL
  
  parameters - connection parameters
  
  charset - opens the stream with a specified charset
  
  Returns:
  
  a BufferedReader for the URL
  
  Throws:
  
  MalformedURLException - is thrown if the URL is not well-formed
  
  IOException - if an I/O error occurs while creating the input stream
  
  Since:
  
  1.8.1
- newDataInputStream
  
  public static DataInputStream newDataInputStream(File file) throws FileNotFoundException
  
  Create a data input stream for this file
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  a DataInputStream of the file
  
  Throws:
  
  FileNotFoundException - if the file is not found.
  
  Since:
  
  1.5.0
- eachByte
  
  public static void eachByte(File self, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="byte") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Traverse through each byte of this File
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  closure - a closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachByte(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachByte
  
  public static void eachByte(File self, int bufferLen, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options="byte[],Integer") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Traverse through the bytes of this File, bufferLen bytes at a time.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  bufferLen - the length of the buffer to use.
  
  closure - a 2 parameter closure which is passed the byte[] and a number of bytes successfully read.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.7.4
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachByte(java.io.InputStream, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachByte
  
  public static void eachByte(URL url, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="byte") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Reads the InputStream from this URL, passing each byte to the given closure. The URL stream will be closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - url to iterate over
  
  closure - closure to apply to each byte
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachByte(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)
- eachByte
  
  public static void eachByte(URL url, int bufferLen, @ClosureParams(value=FromString.class,options="byte[],Integer") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Reads the InputStream from this URL, passing a byte[] and a number of bytes to the given closure. The URL stream will be closed before this method returns.
  Parameters:
  
  url - url to iterate over
  
  bufferLen - the length of the buffer to use.
  
  closure - a 2 parameter closure which is passed the byte[] and a number of bytes successfully read.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.eachByte(java.io.InputStream, int, groovy.lang.Closure)
- filterLine
  
  public static Writable filterLine(File self, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.lang.String") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Filters the lines of a File and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  closure - a closure which returns a boolean indicating to filter the line or not
  
  Returns:
  
  a Writable closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if self is not readable
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, groovy.lang.Closure)
- filterLine
  
  public static Writable filterLine(File self, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.lang.String") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Filters the lines of a File and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  closure - a closure which returns a boolean indicating to filter the line or not
  
  Returns:
  
  a Writable closure
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, groovy.lang.Closure)
- filterLine
  
  public static void filterLine(File self, Writer writer, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.lang.String") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Filter the lines from this File, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  writer - a writer destination to write filtered lines to
  
  closure - a closure which takes each line as a parameter and returns true if the line should be written to this writer.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if self is not readable
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, java.io.Writer, groovy.lang.Closure)
- filterLine
  
  public static void filterLine(File self, Writer writer, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.lang.String") Closure closure) throws IOException
  
  Filter the lines from this File, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a File
  
  writer - a writer destination to write filtered lines to
  
  charset - opens the file with a specified charset
  
  closure - a closure which takes each line as a parameter and returns true if the line should be written to this writer.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IO error occurs
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, java.io.Writer, groovy.lang.Closure)
- filterLine
  
  public static Writable filterLine(URL self, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.lang.String") Closure predicate) throws IOException
  
  Filter lines from a URL using a closure predicate. The closure will be passed each line as a String, and it should return true if the line should be passed to the writer.
  Parameters:
  
  self - a URL
  
  predicate - a closure which returns boolean and takes a line
  
  Returns:
  
  a writable which writes out the filtered lines
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IO exception occurs
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, groovy.lang.Closure)
- filterLine
  
  public static Writable filterLine(URL self, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.lang.String") Closure predicate) throws IOException
  
  Filter lines from a URL using a closure predicate. The closure will be passed each line as a String, and it should return true if the line should be passed to the writer.
  Parameters:
  
  self - the URL
  
  charset - opens the URL with a specified charset
  
  predicate - a closure which returns boolean and takes a line
  
  Returns:
  
  a writable which writes out the filtered lines
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IO exception occurs
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, groovy.lang.Closure)
- filterLine
  
  public static void filterLine(URL self, Writer writer, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.lang.String") Closure predicate) throws IOException
  
  Uses a closure to filter lines from this URL and pass them to the given writer. The closure will be passed each line as a String, and it should return true if the line should be passed to the writer.
  Parameters:
  
  self - the URL
  
  writer - a writer to write output to
  
  predicate - a closure which returns true if a line should be accepted
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, java.io.Writer, groovy.lang.Closure)
- filterLine
  
  public static void filterLine(URL self, Writer writer, String charset, @ClosureParams(value=SimpleType.class,options="java.lang.String") Closure predicate) throws IOException
  
  Uses a closure to filter lines from this URL and pass them to the given writer. The closure will be passed each line as a String, and it should return true if the line should be passed to the writer.
  Parameters:
  
  self - the URL
  
  writer - a writer to write output to
  
  charset - opens the URL with a specified charset
  
  predicate - a closure which returns true if a line should be accepted
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.6.8
  
  See Also:
  
  IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, java.io.Writer, groovy.lang.Closure)
- readBytes
  
  public static byte[] readBytes(File file) throws IOException
  
  Reads the content of the file into a byte array.
  
  Parameters:
  
  file - a File
  
  Returns:
  
  a byte array with the contents of the file.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an IOException occurs.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- toURI
  
  public static URI toURI(CharSequence self) throws URISyntaxException
  
  Transforms a CharSequence representing a URI into a URI object.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - the CharSequence representing a URI
  
  Returns:
  
  a URI
  
  Throws:
  
  URISyntaxException - is thrown if the URI is not well-formed.
  
  Since:
  
  1.8.2
- toURI
  
  public static URI toURI(String self) throws URISyntaxException
  
  Transforms a String representing a URI into a URI object.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - the String representing a URI
  
  Returns:
  
  a URI
  
  Throws:
  
  URISyntaxException - is thrown if the URI is not well-formed.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0
- toURL
  
  public static URL toURL(CharSequence self) throws MalformedURLException
  
  Transforms a CharSequence representing a URL into a URL object.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - the CharSequence representing a URL
  
  Returns:
  
  a URL
  
  Throws:
  
  MalformedURLException - is thrown if the URL is not well-formed.
  
  Since:
  
  1.8.2
- toURL
  
  public static URL toURL(String self) throws MalformedURLException
  
  Transforms a String representing a URL into a URL object.
  
  Parameters:
  
  self - the String representing a URL
  
  Returns:
  
  a URL
  
  Throws:
  
  MalformedURLException - is thrown if the URL is not well-formed.
  
  Since:
  
  1.0

Class ResourceGroovyMethods

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Details

ResourceGroovyMethods

Method Details

size

getExtension

getBaseName

directorySize

asBoolean

newObjectOutputStream

withObjectOutputStream

newObjectInputStream

newObjectInputStream

eachObject

withObjectInputStream

withObjectInputStream

eachLine

eachLine

eachLine

eachLine

eachLine

eachLine

eachLine

eachLine

splitEachLine

splitEachLine

splitEachLine

splitEachLine

splitEachLine

splitEachLine

splitEachLine

splitEachLine

readLines

readLines

readLines

readLines

getText

getText

getText

getText

getText

getText

getBytes

getBytes

getBytes

setBytes

createParentDirectories

write

write

setText

setText

leftShift

leftShift

leftShift

write

write

append

append

append

append

append

append

append

append

append

append

append

append

append

append

eachFile

eachFile

eachDir

eachFileRecurse

traverse

traverse