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+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+this.EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = [ "FileUtils" ];
+
+Components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.jsm");
+
+const Cc = Components.classes;
+const Ci = Components.interfaces;
+const Cr = Components.results;
+
+XPCOMUtils.defineLazyServiceGetter(this, "gDirService",
+ "@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1",
+ "nsIProperties");
+
+this.FileUtils = {
+ MODE_RDONLY : 0x01,
+ MODE_WRONLY : 0x02,
+ MODE_RDWR : 0x04,
+ MODE_CREATE : 0x08,
+ MODE_APPEND : 0x10,
+ MODE_TRUNCATE : 0x20,
+
+ PERMS_FILE : 0o644,
+ PERMS_DIRECTORY : 0o755,
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a file at the specified hierarchy under a nsIDirectoryService key.
+ * @param key
+ * The Directory Service Key to start from
+ * @param pathArray
+ * An array of path components to locate beneath the directory
+ * specified by |key|. The last item in this array must be the
+ * leaf name of a file.
+ * @return nsIFile object for the file specified. The file is NOT created
+ * if it does not exist, however all required directories along
+ * the way are.
+ */
+ getFile: function FileUtils_getFile(key, pathArray, followLinks) {
+ var file = this.getDir(key, pathArray.slice(0, -1), true, followLinks);
+ file.append(pathArray[pathArray.length - 1]);
+ return file;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a directory at the specified hierarchy under a nsIDirectoryService
+ * key.
+ * @param key
+ * The Directory Service Key to start from
+ * @param pathArray
+ * An array of path components to locate beneath the directory
+ * specified by |key|
+ * @param shouldCreate
+ * true if the directory hierarchy specified in |pathArray|
+ * should be created if it does not exist, false otherwise.
+ * @param followLinks (optional)
+ * true if links should be followed, false otherwise.
+ * @return nsIFile object for the location specified.
+ */
+ getDir: function FileUtils_getDir(key, pathArray, shouldCreate, followLinks) {
+ var dir = gDirService.get(key, Ci.nsIFile);
+ for (var i = 0; i < pathArray.length; ++i) {
+ dir.append(pathArray[i]);
+ }
+
+ if (shouldCreate) {
+ try {
+ dir.create(Ci.nsIFile.DIRECTORY_TYPE, this.PERMS_DIRECTORY);
+ } catch (ex) {
+ if (ex.result != Cr.NS_ERROR_FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
+ throw ex;
+ }
+ // Ignore the exception due to a directory that already exists.
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (!followLinks)
+ dir.followLinks = false;
+ return dir;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Opens a file output stream for writing.
+ * @param file
+ * The file to write to.
+ * @param modeFlags
+ * (optional) File open flags. Can be undefined.
+ * @returns nsIFileOutputStream to write to.
+ * @note The stream is initialized with the DEFER_OPEN behavior flag.
+ * See nsIFileOutputStream.
+ */
+ openFileOutputStream: function FileUtils_openFileOutputStream(file, modeFlags) {
+ var fos = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/file-output-stream;1"].
+ createInstance(Ci.nsIFileOutputStream);
+ return this._initFileOutputStream(fos, file, modeFlags);
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Opens an atomic file output stream for writing.
+ * @param file
+ * The file to write to.
+ * @param modeFlags
+ * (optional) File open flags. Can be undefined.
+ * @returns nsIFileOutputStream to write to.
+ * @note The stream is initialized with the DEFER_OPEN behavior flag.
+ * See nsIFileOutputStream.
+ * OpeanAtomicFileOutputStream is generally better than openSafeFileOutputStream
+ * baecause flushing is not needed in most of the issues.
+ */
+ openAtomicFileOutputStream: function FileUtils_openAtomicFileOutputStream(file, modeFlags) {
+ var fos = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/atomic-file-output-stream;1"].
+ createInstance(Ci.nsIFileOutputStream);
+ return this._initFileOutputStream(fos, file, modeFlags);
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Opens a safe file output stream for writing.
+ * @param file
+ * The file to write to.
+ * @param modeFlags
+ * (optional) File open flags. Can be undefined.
+ * @returns nsIFileOutputStream to write to.
+ * @note The stream is initialized with the DEFER_OPEN behavior flag.
+ * See nsIFileOutputStream.
+ */
+ openSafeFileOutputStream: function FileUtils_openSafeFileOutputStream(file, modeFlags) {
+ var fos = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/safe-file-output-stream;1"].
+ createInstance(Ci.nsIFileOutputStream);
+ return this._initFileOutputStream(fos, file, modeFlags);
+ },
+
+ _initFileOutputStream: function FileUtils__initFileOutputStream(fos, file, modeFlags) {
+ if (modeFlags === undefined)
+ modeFlags = this.MODE_WRONLY | this.MODE_CREATE | this.MODE_TRUNCATE;
+ fos.init(file, modeFlags, this.PERMS_FILE, fos.DEFER_OPEN);
+ return fos;
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Closes an atomic file output stream.
+ * @param stream
+ * The stream to close.
+ */
+ closeAtomicFileOutputStream: function FileUtils_closeAtomicFileOutputStream(stream) {
+ if (stream instanceof Ci.nsISafeOutputStream) {
+ try {
+ stream.finish();
+ return;
+ }
+ catch (e) {
+ }
+ }
+ stream.close();
+ },
+
+ /**
+ * Closes a safe file output stream.
+ * @param stream
+ * The stream to close.
+ */
+ closeSafeFileOutputStream: function FileUtils_closeSafeFileOutputStream(stream) {
+ if (stream instanceof Ci.nsISafeOutputStream) {
+ try {
+ stream.finish();
+ return;
+ }
+ catch (e) {
+ }
+ }
+ stream.close();
+ },
+
+ File: Components.Constructor("@mozilla.org/file/local;1", Ci.nsILocalFile, "initWithPath")
+};