org.apache.commons.vfs
Class Capability

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.vfs.Capability

public final class Capability

extends Object

An enumerated type representing the capabilities of files and file systems.

Version:

$Revision: 480428 $ $Date: 2006-11-29 07:15:24 +0100 (Mi, 29 Nov 2006) $

Author:

Adam Murdoch

Field Summary

static Capability	APPEND_CONTENT File content can be appended.
static Capability	ATTRIBUTES File attributes are supported.
static Capability	COMPRESS A compressed filesystem is a filesystem which use compression.
static Capability	CREATE Files can be created.
static Capability	DELETE Files can be deleted.
static Capability	DISPATCHER The provider itself do not provide a filesystem.
static Capability	FS_ATTRIBUTES File system attributes are supported.
static Capability	GET_LAST_MODIFIED File get last-modified time is supported.
static Capability	GET_TYPE The file type can be determined.
static Capability	JUNCTIONS Junctions are supported.
static Capability	LAST_MODIFIED File last-modified time is supported.
static Capability	LIST_CHILDREN Children of files can be listed.
static Capability	MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTES The set of attributes defined by the Jar manifest specification are supported.
static Capability	RANDOM_ACCESS_READ File content can be read in random mode.
static Capability	RANDOM_ACCESS_WRITE File content can be written in random mode.
static Capability	READ_CONTENT File content can be read.
static Capability	RENAME Files can be renamed.
static Capability	SET_LAST_MODIFIED_FILE File set last-modified time is supported.
static Capability	SET_LAST_MODIFIED_FOLDER folder set last-modified time is supported.
static Capability	SIGNING File content signing is supported.
static Capability	URI URI are supported.
static Capability	VIRTUAL A virtual filesystem can be an archive like tar or zip.
static Capability	WRITE_CONTENT File content can be written.

Method Summary

String

toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

READ_CONTENT

public static final Capability READ_CONTENT

File content can be read.

WRITE_CONTENT

public static final Capability WRITE_CONTENT

File content can be written.

RANDOM_ACCESS_READ

public static final Capability RANDOM_ACCESS_READ

File content can be read in random mode.

RANDOM_ACCESS_WRITE

public static final Capability RANDOM_ACCESS_WRITE

File content can be written in random mode.

APPEND_CONTENT

public static final Capability APPEND_CONTENT

File content can be appended.

ATTRIBUTES

public static final Capability ATTRIBUTES

File attributes are supported.

LAST_MODIFIED

public static final Capability LAST_MODIFIED

File last-modified time is supported.

GET_LAST_MODIFIED

public static final Capability GET_LAST_MODIFIED

File get last-modified time is supported.

SET_LAST_MODIFIED_FILE

public static final Capability SET_LAST_MODIFIED_FILE

File set last-modified time is supported.

SET_LAST_MODIFIED_FOLDER

public static final Capability SET_LAST_MODIFIED_FOLDER

folder set last-modified time is supported.

SIGNING

public static final Capability SIGNING

File content signing is supported.

CREATE

public static final Capability CREATE

Files can be created.

DELETE

public static final Capability DELETE

Files can be deleted.

RENAME

public static final Capability RENAME

Files can be renamed.

GET_TYPE

public static final Capability GET_TYPE

The file type can be determined.

LIST_CHILDREN

public static final Capability LIST_CHILDREN

Children of files can be listed.

URI

public static final Capability URI

URI are supported. Files without this capability use URI that do not globally and uniquely identify the file.

FS_ATTRIBUTES

public static final Capability FS_ATTRIBUTES

File system attributes are supported.

JUNCTIONS

public static final Capability JUNCTIONS

Junctions are supported.

MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTES

public static final Capability MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTES

The set of attributes defined by the Jar manifest specification are supported. The attributes aren't necessarily stored in a manifest file.

DISPATCHER

public static final Capability DISPATCHER

The provider itself do not provide a filesystem. It simply resolves a full name and dispatches the request back to the filesystemmanager.
A provider with this capability cant tell much about the capabilities about the finally used filesystem in advance.

COMPRESS

public static final Capability COMPRESS

A compressed filesystem is a filesystem which use compression.

VIRTUAL

public static final Capability VIRTUAL

A virtual filesystem can be an archive like tar or zip.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()