All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<FileObject>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocalFileObject, SftpFileObject, SmbFileObject
```
public interface FileObject
extends Serializable, Comparable<FileObject>
```
Interface for wrappers around files to avoid costly API calls by caching values also abstracting file representation.

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`File`	`getActualFile()`	Returns the actual target (if possible) in case of a link.
`File`	`getFile()`	Returns the wrapped file.
`Date`	`getLastModified()`	Returns the date when the file was last modified.
`long`	`getLength()`	Returns the size of the file.
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the file name.
`FileObject`	`getParent()`	Returns the parent, if available.
`boolean`	`isDirectory()`	Returns whether the file represents a directory.
`boolean`	`isHidden()`	Returns whether the file is hidden.
`boolean`	`isLink()`	Returns whether the file represents a link.
`boolean`	`isLocal()`	Returns whether the file is a local file.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns just the file's string representation.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

- Method Detail
  - getParent
```
FileObject getParent()
```
    Returns the parent, if available.
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent or null if not available
  - getFile
```
File getFile()
```
    Returns the wrapped file.
    
    Returns:
    
    the file
  - getActualFile
```
File getActualFile()
```
    Returns the actual target (if possible) in case of a link.
    
    Returns:
    
    the actual file
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns the file name.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name
  - getLength
```
long getLength()
```
    Returns the size of the file.
    
    Returns:
    
    the size
  - isDirectory
```
boolean isDirectory()
```
    Returns whether the file represents a directory.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if directory
  - getLastModified
```
Date getLastModified()
```
    Returns the date when the file was last modified.
    
    Returns:
    
    date when last modified
  - isHidden
```
boolean isHidden()
```
    Returns whether the file is hidden.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if hidden
  - isLink
```
boolean isLink()
```
    Returns whether the file represents a link.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if link
  - isLocal
```
boolean isLocal()
```
    Returns whether the file is a local file.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if local
  - toString
```
String toString()
```
    Returns just the file's string representation.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the string representation

Interface FileObject

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

Method Detail

getParent

getFile

getActualFile

getName

getLength

isDirectory

getLastModified

isHidden

isLink

isLocal

toString