com.vistech.rmi
Interface DirectoryBrowser

All Superinterfaces:

java.rmi.Remote

All Known Subinterfaces:

ImageLoader, JAIImageLoader, JAIImageSaver

public interface DirectoryBrowser

extends java.rmi.Remote

Specifies a remote interface for browsing remote directories.

Version:

1.0 12 june 2000

Author:

Lawrence Rodrigues

Method Summary

char	getFileSepChar() Returns the file separation character of the remote machine.
java.lang.String	getUserDir() Returns the user directory in the remote machine.
boolean	isDirectory(java.lang.String fl) Checks whether the remote file is a directory.
java.lang.String[]	listFiles() Returns files in the current directory of the remote machine.
java.lang.String[]	listFiles(java.lang.String fl) Returns files in a specified directory of the remote machine.

Method Detail

listFiles

public java.lang.String[] listFiles()
                             throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Returns files in the current directory of the remote machine.

Returns:

an array of remote filenames.

listFiles

public java.lang.String[] listFiles(java.lang.String fl)
                             throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Returns files in a specified directory of the remote machine.

Parameters:

fl - name of the remote directory.

Returns:

an array of remote filenames.

isDirectory

public boolean isDirectory(java.lang.String fl)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Checks whether the remote file is a directory.

Parameters:

fl - name of the remote directory.

Returns:

true if it is a directory.

getUserDir

public java.lang.String getUserDir()
                            throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Returns the user directory in the remote machine.

Returns:

the user directory in the remote machine.

getFileSepChar

public char getFileSepChar()
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Returns the file separation character of the remote machine.

Returns:

the file separation character of the remote machine.