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Returns a reference to a file with the specified name that is located somewhere on the classpath
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* ------------------
* FileUtilities.java
* ------------------
* (C) Copyright 2000-2004, by Object Refinery Limited.
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* Original Author: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
* Contributor(s): -;
*
* $Id: FileUtilities.java,v 1.5 2005/10/18 13:16:02 mungady Exp $
*
* Changes (from 5-Nov-2001)
* -------------------------
* 05-Nov-2001 : Changed package to com.jrefinery.io.* (DG);
* 04-Mar-2002 : Renamed Files.java --> FileUtilities.java (DG);
* 10-Oct-2002 : Fixed errors reported by Checkstyle (DG);
*
*/
import java.io.File;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
/**
* A class containing useful utility methods relating to files.
*
* @author David Gilbert
*/
public class FileUtilities {
/**
* Returns a reference to a file with the specified name that is located
* somewhere on the classpath. The code for this method is an adaptation of
* code supplied by Dave Postill.
*
* @param name
* the filename.
*
* @return a reference to a file or <code>null</code> if no file could be
* found.
*/
public static File findFileOnClassPath(final String name) {
final String classpath = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
final String pathSeparator = System.getProperty("path.separator");
final StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(classpath, pathSeparator);
while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
final String pathElement = tokenizer.nextToken();
final File directoryOrJar = new File(pathElement);
final File absoluteDirectoryOrJar = directoryOrJar.getAbsoluteFile();
if (absoluteDirectoryOrJar.isFile()) {
final File target = new File(absoluteDirectoryOrJar.getParent(), name);
if (target.exists()) {
return target;
}
} else {
final File target = new File(directoryOrJar, name);
if (target.exists()) {
return target;
}
}
}
return null;
}
}
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