Module org.tentackle.common

Package org.tentackle.common

Class ToolFinder

java.lang.Object

org.tentackle.common.ToolFinder

public class ToolFinder
extends Object

Finds external tools to execute.

See Also:

• ToolRunner

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ToolFinder()	Creates a tool finder.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
File	find(String toolName)	Finds the file of a tool's executable.
protected File	loadTool(File toolDir, String toolName)	Loads a tool by its name. Tries OS specific suffixes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ToolFinder

public ToolFinder()

Creates a tool finder.

Method Details

find

public File find(String toolName)

Finds the file of a tool's executable.

If the tool name does not point to a valid executable, the environment's PATH variable is consulted.

Depending on the OS, it will also try to append well-known suffixes to the toolName. Windows: ".exe", ".cmd" and ".bat". Others (Unixes): ".sh".

Parameters:

toolName - the platform independent tool name

Returns:

file representing the tool's executable, or null if the tool can not be found

loadTool

protected File loadTool(File toolDir,
 String toolName)

Loads a tool by its name.
Tries OS specific suffixes.

Parameters:

toolDir - the directory of the tool

toolName - the tool's name

Returns:

the tool's file, null if not found