com.mucommander.file.util
Class OSXFileUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.mucommander.file.util.OSXFileUtils

public class OSXFileUtils
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains methods for file operations that are specific to Mac OS X.

Author:

Maxence Bernard

Constructor Summary

OSXFileUtils()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String

getSpotlightComment(AbstractFile file) Returns the Spotlight/Finder comment of the given file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OSXFileUtils

public OSXFileUtils()

Method Detail

getSpotlightComment

public static java.lang.String getSpotlightComment(AbstractFile file)

Returns the Spotlight/Finder comment of the given file. The specified file must be a LocalFile, or have a LocalFile as an ancestor.

null is returned in any of the following cases:

• if the current OS is not Mac OS X or if the version is not 10.4 or higher (i.e. Spotlight is not available)
• if the specified file is not a LocalFile and does not have a LocalFile ancestor
• if the specified file has no comment
• if the comment could not be retrieved (for any reason)

Parameters:

file - a local file

Returns:

the Spotlight/Finder comment of the specified file