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Class FileUtilities

public class FileUtilities extends Object

A class containing useful utility methods relating to files.

Author: David Gilbert

Method Summary
static FilefindFileOnClassPath(String name)
Returns a reference to a file with the specified name that is located somewhere on the classpath.

Method Detail

findFileOnClassPath

public static File findFileOnClassPath(String name)
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.

Parameters: name the filename.

Returns: a reference to a file or null if no file could be found.