Package adams.flow.transformer

Class DeleteFile

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    AdditionalInformationHandler, CleanUpHandler, Destroyable, GlobalInfoSupporter, LoggingLevelHandler, LoggingSupporter, OptionHandler, QuickInfoSupporter, ShallowCopySupporter<Actor>, SizeOfHandler, Stoppable, StoppableWithFeedback, VariablesInspectionHandler, VariableChangeListener, Actor, ErrorHandler, InputConsumer, OutputProducer, Serializable, Comparable
    public class DeleteFile
extends AbstractTransformer
    Deletes the file/directory received on its input port if it matches the provided regular expression.
    In case of directories, deletion is performed recursively (if a directory matches, then the content gets deleted regardless whether it matches the regular expression or not).

    Input/output:
    - accepts:
       java.lang.String
       java.io.File
    - generates:
       java.lang.String
       java.io.File


    -logging-level <OFF|SEVERE|WARNING|INFO|CONFIG|FINE|FINER|FINEST> (property: loggingLevel)
    The logging level for outputting errors and debugging output.
    default: WARNING
 
    -name <java.lang.String> (property: name)
    The name of the actor.
    default: DeleteFile
 
    -annotation <adams.core.base.BaseText> (property: annotations)
    The annotations to attach to this actor.
    default: 
 
    -skip <boolean> (property: skip)
    If set to true, transformation is skipped and the input token is just forwarded 
    as it is.
    default: false
 
    -stop-flow-on-error <boolean> (property: stopFlowOnError)
    If set to true, the flow gets stopped in case this actor encounters an error;
     useful for critical actors.
    default: false
 
    -regexp <adams.core.base.BaseRegExp> (property: regExp)
    The regular expression to match the filename against.
    default: .*
    Version:
    $Revision$
    Author:
    fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
    See Also:
    Serialized Form

    • Field Detail

      • m_RegExp

        protected BaseRegExp m_RegExp
        the regular expression for the files to match.

    • Constructor Detail

      • DeleteFile

        public DeleteFile()

    • Method Detail

      • setRegExp

        public void setRegExp​(BaseRegExp value)
        Sets the regular expressions to use.
        Parameters:
        value - the regular expressions

      • getRegExp

        public BaseRegExp getRegExp()
        Returns the regular expressions in use.
        Returns:
        the regular expressions

      • regExpTipText

        public String regExpTipText()
        Returns the tip text for this property.
        Returns:
        tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the GUI or for listing the options.

      • accepts

        public Class[] accepts()
        Returns the class that the consumer accepts.
        Returns:
        java.lang.String.class, java.io.File.class

      • generates

        public Class[] generates()
        Returns the class of objects that it generates.
        Returns:
        java.lang.String.class, java.io.File.class

      • doExecute

        protected String doExecute()
        Executes the flow item.
        Specified by:
        doExecute in class AbstractActor
        Returns:
        null if everything is fine, otherwise error message