Util Class Reference

Static Public Member Functions
static std::string	getTempPath ()
static std::string	getTempFilename (const std::string &prefix="temp", const std::string &ext=".tmp")
	constructs a new temp file name using the current milliseconds. More...
static unsigned long	getCurrentMilliseconds ()
static void	copyFile (const std::string &source, const std::string &destination)
	copies the source file to the destination More...
static void	copyStream (std::istream &in, std::ostream &out)
	copies in to out More...
static std::string	getExtension (const std::string &fileName)
	returns the extension of the given filename (not including the dot) More...
static bool	removeFileOrFolder (const std::string &path)
	Removes the specified file or folder. More...
static std::string	getDefaultTempDir ()
	Get the Default Temp Dir object. More...
static void	setDefaultTempDir (const std::string &defaultDir)
	Set the Default Temp Dir object. More...

Member Function Documentation

copyFile()

static void Util::copyFile ( const std::string &  source, const std::string &  destination  )

static

copies the source file to the destination

Parameters

source	source file name
destination	destination file name

copyStream()

static void Util::copyStream ( std::istream &  in, std::ostream &  out  )

static

copies in to out

Parameters

in	input stream
out	output stream

getCurrentMilliseconds()

static unsigned long Util::getCurrentMilliseconds ( )

static

Returns

current milliseconds since 1970 on this system

getDefaultTempDir()

static std::string Util::getDefaultTempDir ( )

static

Get the Default Temp Dir object.

Returns

std::string of the default directory

getExtension()

static std::string Util::getExtension ( const std::string &  fileName )

static

returns the extension of the given filename (not including the dot)

Parameters

fileName

the filename

Returns

the extension if found, otherwise an empty string.

getTempFilename()

static std::string Util::getTempFilename ( const std::string &  prefix = "temp", const std::string &  ext = ".tmp"  )

static

constructs a new temp file name using the current milliseconds.

The format of the temp file will be:

temp_path + "/" + prefix + milliseconds + ext

Parameters

prefix	optional prefix to be used (will be "temp" otherwise)
ext	optional extension to be used (will be ".tmp" otherwise)

Returns

the temp filename

getTempPath()

static std::string Util::getTempPath ( )

static

Returns

the temp path or "." if the temp path could not be located

removeFileOrFolder()

static bool Util::removeFileOrFolder ( const std::string &  path )

static

Removes the specified file or folder.

If it is a folder its contents will be removed recursively.

setDefaultTempDir()

static void Util::setDefaultTempDir ( const std::string &  defaultDir )

static

Set the Default Temp Dir object.

Parameters

defaultDir

the default directory