antliscence/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/FileUtils.java

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package org.apache.tools.ant.util;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.text.CharacterIterator;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.StringCharacterIterator;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.Stack;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.Vector;
import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.util.ChainReaderHelper;
import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.Resource;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FilterSetCollection;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Touchable;
import org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.FileResource;
import org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Locator;

/**
 * This class also encapsulates methods which allow Files to be
 * referred to using abstract path names which are translated to native
 * system file paths at runtime as well as copying files or setting
 * their last modification time.
 *
 */

public class FileUtils {

    private static final FileUtils PRIMARY_INSTANCE = new FileUtils();

    //get some non-crypto-grade randomness from various places.
    private static Random rand = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis()
            + Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory());

    private static boolean onNetWare = Os.isFamily("netware");
    private static boolean onDos = Os.isFamily("dos");
    private static boolean onWin9x = Os.isFamily("win9x");
    private static boolean onWindows = Os.isFamily("windows");

    private static final int BUF_SIZE = 8192;

    // for toURI
    private static boolean[] isSpecial = new boolean[256];
    private static char[] escapedChar1 = new char[256];
    private static char[] escapedChar2 = new char[256];

    /**
     * The granularity of timestamps under FAT.
     */
    public static final long FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY = 2000;

    /**
     * The granularity of timestamps under Unix.
     */
    public static final long UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY = 1000;

    /**
     * The granularity of timestamps under the NT File System.
     * NTFS has a granularity of 100 nanoseconds, which is less
     * than 1 millisecond, so we round this up to 1 millisecond.
     */
    public static final long NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY = 1;

    // stolen from FilePathToURI of the Xerces-J team
    static {
        for (int i = 0; i <= 0x20; i++) {
            isSpecial[i] = true;
            escapedChar1[i] = Character.forDigit(i >> 4, 16);
            escapedChar2[i] = Character.forDigit(i & 0xf, 16);
        }
        isSpecial[0x7f] = true;
        escapedChar1[0x7f] = '7';
        escapedChar2[0x7f] = 'F';
        char[] escChs = {'<', '>', '#', '%', '"', '{', '}',
                         '|', '\\', '^', '~', '[', ']', '`'};
        int len = escChs.length;
        char ch;
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            ch = escChs[i];
            isSpecial[ch] = true;
            escapedChar1[ch] = Character.forDigit(ch >> 4, 16);
            escapedChar2[ch] = Character.forDigit(ch & 0xf, 16);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Factory method.
     *
     * @return a new instance of FileUtils.
     * @deprecated Use getFileUtils instead, FileUtils do not have state.
     */
    public static FileUtils newFileUtils() {
        return new FileUtils();
    }

    /**
     * Method to retrieve The FileUtils, which is shared by all users of this
     * method.
     * @return an instance of FileUtils.
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public static FileUtils getFileUtils() {
        return PRIMARY_INSTANCE;
    }

    /**
     * Empty constructor.
     */
    protected FileUtils() {
    }

    /**
     * Get the URL for a file taking into account # characters.
     *
     * @param file the file whose URL representation is required.
     * @return The FileURL value.
     * @throws MalformedURLException if the URL representation cannot be
     *      formed.
     */
    public URL getFileURL(File file) throws MalformedURLException {
        return new URL(toURI(file.getAbsolutePath()));
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.
     * No filtering is performed.
     *
     * @param sourceFile Name of file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile Name of file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     */
    public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(new File(sourceFile), new File(destFile), null, false, false);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination
     * specifying if token filtering must be used.
     *
     * @param sourceFile Name of file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile Name of file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     */
    public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile,
                         FilterSetCollection filters)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(new File(sourceFile), new File(destFile), filters,
                 false, false);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if
     * source files may overwrite newer destination files.
     *
     * @param sourceFile Name of file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile Name of file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     */
    public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters,
                         boolean overwrite) throws IOException {
        copyFile(new File(sourceFile), new File(destFile), filters,
                 overwrite, false);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
     * source files may overwrite newer destination files and the
     * last modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
     * to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.
     *
     * @param sourceFile Name of file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile Name of file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the resulting file should be set to that
     *                             of the source file.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     */
    public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile, FilterSetCollection filters,
                         boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(new File(sourceFile), new File(destFile), filters,
                 overwrite, preserveLastModified);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
     * source files may overwrite newer destination files and the
     * last modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
     * to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.
     *
     * @param sourceFile Name of file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile Name of file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the resulting file should be set to that
     *                             of the source file.
     * @param encoding the encoding used to read and write the files.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.5
     */
    public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile,
                         FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite,
                         boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(new File(sourceFile), new File(destFile), filters,
                 overwrite, preserveLastModified, encoding);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
     * filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
     * newer destination files and the last modified time of
     * <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
     * to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.
     *
     * @param sourceFile Name of file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile Name of file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the resulting file should be set to that
     *                             of the source file.
     * @param encoding the encoding used to read and write the files.
     * @param project the project instance.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.5
     */
    public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile,
                         FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains,
                         boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified,
                         String encoding, Project project)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(new File(sourceFile), new File(destFile), filters,
                 filterChains, overwrite, preserveLastModified,
                 encoding, project);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
     * filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
     * newer destination files and the last modified time of
     * <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
     * to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.
     *
     * @param sourceFile Name of file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile Name of file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the resulting file should be set to that
     *                             of the source file.
     * @param inputEncoding the encoding used to read the files.
     * @param outputEncoding the encoding used to write the files.
     * @param project the project instance.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.6
     */
    public void copyFile(String sourceFile, String destFile,
                         FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains,
                         boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified,
                         String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding,
                         Project project)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(new File(sourceFile), new File(destFile), filters,
                 filterChains, overwrite, preserveLastModified,
                 inputEncoding, outputEncoding, project);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination.
     * No filtering is performed.
     *
     * @param sourceFile the file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile the file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     */
    public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile) throws IOException {
        copyFile(sourceFile, destFile, null, false, false);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a destination
     * specifying if token filtering must be used.
     *
     * @param sourceFile the file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile the file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     */
    public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(sourceFile, destFile, filters, false, false);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used and if
     * source files may overwrite newer destination files.
     *
     * @param sourceFile the file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile the file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     */
    public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters,
                         boolean overwrite) throws IOException {
        copyFile(sourceFile, destFile, filters, overwrite, false);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
     * source files may overwrite newer destination files and the
     * last modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
     * to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.
     *
     * @param sourceFile the file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile the file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the resulting file should be set to that
     *                             of the source file.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     */
    public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile, FilterSetCollection filters,
                         boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(sourceFile, destFile, filters, overwrite,
                 preserveLastModified, null);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
     * source files may overwrite newer destination files, the last
     * modified time of <code>destFile</code> file should be made
     * equal to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code> and
     * which character encoding to assume.
     *
     * @param sourceFile the file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile the file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the resulting file should be set to that
     *                             of the source file.
     * @param encoding the encoding used to read and write the files.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.5
     */
    public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile,
                         FilterSetCollection filters, boolean overwrite,
                         boolean preserveLastModified, String encoding)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(sourceFile, destFile, filters, null, overwrite,
                 preserveLastModified, encoding, null);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
     * filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
     * newer destination files and the last modified time of
     * <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
     * to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.
     *
     * @param sourceFile the file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile the file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the resulting file should be set to that
     *                             of the source file.
     * @param encoding the encoding used to read and write the files.
     * @param project the project instance.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.5
     */
    public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile,
                         FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains,
                         boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified,
                         String encoding, Project project)
        throws IOException {
        copyFile(sourceFile, destFile, filters, filterChains,
                 overwrite, preserveLastModified, encoding, encoding, project);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy a file from a source to a
     * destination specifying if token filtering must be used, if
     * filter chains must be used, if source files may overwrite
     * newer destination files and the last modified time of
     * <code>destFile</code> file should be made equal
     * to the last modified time of <code>sourceFile</code>.
     *
     * @param sourceFile the file to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param destFile the file to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination file should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the resulting file should be set to that
     *                             of the source file.
     * @param inputEncoding the encoding used to read the files.
     * @param outputEncoding the encoding used to write the files.
     * @param project the project instance.
     *
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.6
     */
    public void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile,
                         FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains,
                         boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified,
                         String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding,
                         Project project)
        throws IOException {
        copyResource(new FileResource(sourceFile), new FileResource(destFile),
            filters, filterChains, overwrite, preserveLastModified,
            inputEncoding, outputEncoding, project);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy content from one Resource to another.
     * No filtering is performed.
     *
     * @param source the Resource to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param dest   the Resource to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.7
     */
    public void copyResource(Resource source, Resource dest) throws IOException {
        copyResource(source, dest, null);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy content from one Resource to another.
     * No filtering is performed.
     *
     * @param source the Resource to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param dest   the Resource to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param project the project instance.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.7
     */
    public void copyResource(Resource source, Resource dest, Project project)
        throws IOException {
        copyResource(source, dest, null, null, false,
                     false, null, null, project);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to copy content from one Resource to another
     * specifying whether token filtering must be used, whether filter chains
     * must be used, whether newer destination files may be overwritten and
     * whether the last modified time of <code>dest</code> file should be made
     * equal to the last modified time of <code>source</code>.
     *
     * @param source the Resource to copy from.
     *                   Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param dest   the Resource to copy to.
     *                 Must not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param filters the collection of filters to apply to this copy.
     * @param filterChains filterChains to apply during the copy.
     * @param overwrite Whether or not the destination Resource should be
     *                  overwritten if it already exists.
     * @param preserveLastModified Whether or not the last modified time of
     *                             the destination Resource should be set to that
     *                             of the source.
     * @param inputEncoding the encoding used to read the files.
     * @param outputEncoding the encoding used to write the files.
     * @param project the project instance.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the copying fails.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.7
     */
    public void copyResource(Resource source, Resource dest,
                             FilterSetCollection filters, Vector filterChains,
                             boolean overwrite, boolean preserveLastModified,
                             String inputEncoding, String outputEncoding,
                             Project project)
        throws IOException {
        if (!overwrite) {
            long slm = source.getLastModified();
            if (dest.isExists() && slm != 0
                && dest.getLastModified() > slm) {
                return;
            }
        }
        final boolean filterSetsAvailable = (filters != null
                                             && filters.hasFilters());
        final boolean filterChainsAvailable = (filterChains != null
                                               && filterChains.size() > 0);
        if (filterSetsAvailable) {
            BufferedReader in = null;
            BufferedWriter out = null;
            try {
                InputStreamReader isr = null;
                if (inputEncoding == null) {
                    isr = new InputStreamReader(source.getInputStream());
                } else {
                    isr = new InputStreamReader(source.getInputStream(),
                                                inputEncoding);
                }
                in = new BufferedReader(isr);
                OutputStreamWriter osw = null;
                if (outputEncoding == null) {
                    osw = new OutputStreamWriter(dest.getOutputStream());
                } else {
                    osw = new OutputStreamWriter(dest.getOutputStream(),
                                                 outputEncoding);
                }
                out = new BufferedWriter(osw);
                if (filterChainsAvailable) {
                    ChainReaderHelper crh = new ChainReaderHelper();
                    crh.setBufferSize(BUF_SIZE);
                    crh.setPrimaryReader(in);
                    crh.setFilterChains(filterChains);
                    crh.setProject(project);
                    Reader rdr = crh.getAssembledReader();
                    in = new BufferedReader(rdr);
                }
                LineTokenizer lineTokenizer = new LineTokenizer();
                lineTokenizer.setIncludeDelims(true);
                String newline = null;
                String line = lineTokenizer.getToken(in);
                while (line != null) {
                    if (line.length() == 0) {
                        // this should not happen, because the lines are
                        // returned with the end of line delimiter
                        out.newLine();
                    } else {
                        newline = filters.replaceTokens(line);
                        out.write(newline);
                    }
                    line = lineTokenizer.getToken(in);
                }
            } finally {
                close(out);
                close(in);
            }
        } else if (filterChainsAvailable
                   || (inputEncoding != null
                       && !inputEncoding.equals(outputEncoding))
                   || (inputEncoding == null && outputEncoding != null)) {
            BufferedReader in = null;
            BufferedWriter out = null;
            try {
                InputStreamReader isr = null;
                if (inputEncoding == null) {
                    isr = new InputStreamReader(source.getInputStream());
                } else {
                    isr = new InputStreamReader(source.getInputStream(),
                                                inputEncoding);
                }
                in = new BufferedReader(isr);
                OutputStreamWriter osw = null;
                if (outputEncoding == null) {
                    osw = new OutputStreamWriter(dest.getOutputStream());
                } else {
                    osw = new OutputStreamWriter(dest.getOutputStream(),
                                                 outputEncoding);
                }
                out = new BufferedWriter(osw);
                if (filterChainsAvailable) {
                    ChainReaderHelper crh = new ChainReaderHelper();
                    crh.setBufferSize(BUF_SIZE);
                    crh.setPrimaryReader(in);
                    crh.setFilterChains(filterChains);
                    crh.setProject(project);
                    Reader rdr = crh.getAssembledReader();
                    in = new BufferedReader(rdr);
                }
                char[] buffer = new char[BUF_SIZE];
                while (true) {
                    int nRead = in.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
                    if (nRead == -1) {
                        break;
                    }
                    out.write(buffer, 0, nRead);
                }
            } finally {
                close(out);
                close(in);
            }
        } else {
            InputStream in = null;
            OutputStream out = null;
            try {
                in = source.getInputStream();
                out = dest.getOutputStream();

                byte[] buffer = new byte[BUF_SIZE];
                int count = 0;
                do {
                    out.write(buffer, 0, count);
                    count = in.read(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
                } while (count != -1);
            } finally {
                close(out);
                close(in);
            }
        }
        if (preserveLastModified && dest instanceof Touchable) {
            setLastModified((Touchable) dest, source.getLastModified());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Calls File.setLastModified(long time). Originally written to
     * to dynamically bind to that call on Java1.2+.
     *
     * @param file the file whose modified time is to be set
     * @param time the time to which the last modified time is to be set.
     *             if this is -1, the current time is used.
     */
    public void setFileLastModified(File file, long time) {
        setLastModified(new FileResource(file), time);
    }

    /**
     * Set the last modified time of an object implementing
     * org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.Touchable .
     *
     * @param t the Touchable whose modified time is to be set.
     * @param time the time to which the last modified time is to be set.
     *             if this is -1, the current time is used.
     */
    public void setLastModified(Touchable t, long time) {
        t.touch((time < 0) ? System.currentTimeMillis() : time);
    }

    /**
     * Interpret the filename as a file relative to the given file
     * unless the filename already represents an absolute filename.
     * Differs from <code>new File(file, filename)</code> in that
     * the resulting File's path will always be a normalized,
     * absolute pathname.  Also, if it is determined that
     * <code>filename</code> is context-relative, <code>file</code>
     * will be discarded and the reference will be resolved using
     * available context/state information about the filesystem.
     *
     * @param file the "reference" file for relative paths. This
     * instance must be an absolute file and must not contain
     * &quot;./&quot; or &quot;../&quot; sequences (same for \ instead
     * of /).  If it is null, this call is equivalent to
     * <code>new java.io.File(filename).getAbsoluteFile()</code>.
     *
     * @param filename a file name.
     *
     * @return an absolute file.
     * @throws java.lang.NullPointerException if filename is null.
     */
    public File resolveFile(File file, String filename) {
        if (!isAbsolutePath(filename)) {
            char sep = File.separatorChar;
            filename = filename.replace('/', sep).replace('\\', sep);
            if (isContextRelativePath(filename)) {
                file = null;
                // on cygwin, our current directory can be a UNC;
                // assume user.dir is absolute or all hell breaks loose...
                String udir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
                if (filename.charAt(0) == sep && udir.charAt(0) == sep) {
                    filename = dissect(udir)[0] + filename.substring(1);
                }
            }
            filename = new File(file, filename).getAbsolutePath();
        }
        return normalize(filename);
    }

    /**
     * On DOS and NetWare, the evaluation of certain file
     * specifications is context-dependent.  These are filenames
     * beginning with a single separator (relative to current root directory)
     * and filenames with a drive specification and no intervening separator
     * (relative to current directory of the specified root).
     * @param filename the filename to evaluate.
     * @return true if the filename is relative to system context.
     * @throws java.lang.NullPointerException if filename is null.
     * @since Ant 1.7
     */
    public static boolean isContextRelativePath(String filename) {
        if (!(onDos || onNetWare) || filename.length() == 0) {
            return false;
        }
        char sep = File.separatorChar;
        filename = filename.replace('/', sep).replace('\\', sep);
        char c = filename.charAt(0);
        int len = filename.length();
        return (c == sep && (len == 1 || filename.charAt(1) != sep))
            || (Character.isLetter(c) && len > 1
            && filename.indexOf(':') == 1
            && (len == 2 || filename.charAt(2) != sep));
    }

    /**
     * Verifies that the specified filename represents an absolute path.
     * Differs from new java.io.File("filename").isAbsolute() in that a path
     * beginning with a double file separator--signifying a Windows UNC--must
     * at minimum match "\\a\b" to be considered an absolute path.
     * @param filename the filename to be checked.
     * @return true if the filename represents an absolute path.
     * @throws java.lang.NullPointerException if filename is null.
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public static boolean isAbsolutePath(String filename) {
        int len = filename.length();
        if (len == 0) {
            return false;
        }
        char sep = File.separatorChar;
        filename = filename.replace('/', sep).replace('\\', sep);
        char c = filename.charAt(0);
        if (!(onDos || onNetWare)) {
            return (c == sep);
        }
        if (c == sep) {
            if (!(onDos && len > 4 && filename.charAt(1) == sep)) {
                return false;
            }
            int nextsep = filename.indexOf(sep, 2);
            return nextsep > 2 && nextsep + 1 < len;
        }
        int colon = filename.indexOf(':');
        return (Character.isLetter(c) && colon == 1
            && filename.length() > 2 && filename.charAt(2) == sep)
            || (onNetWare && colon > 0);
    }

    /**
     * &quot;Normalize&quot; the given absolute path.
     *
     * <p>This includes:
     * <ul>
     *   <li>Uppercase the drive letter if there is one.</li>
     *   <li>Remove redundant slashes after the drive spec.</li>
     *   <li>Resolve all ./, .\, ../ and ..\ sequences.</li>
     *   <li>DOS style paths that start with a drive letter will have
     *     \ as the separator.</li>
     * </ul>
     * Unlike <code>File#getCanonicalPath()</code> this method
     * specifically does not resolve symbolic links.
     *
     * @param path the path to be normalized.
     * @return the normalized version of the path.
     *
     * @throws java.lang.NullPointerException if path is null.
     */
    public File normalize(final String path) {
        Stack s = new Stack();
        String[] dissect = dissect(path);
        s.push(dissect[0]);

        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(dissect[1], File.separator);
        while (tok.hasMoreTokens()) {
            String thisToken = tok.nextToken();
            if (".".equals(thisToken)) {
                continue;
            } else if ("..".equals(thisToken)) {
                if (s.size() < 2) {
                    throw new BuildException("Cannot resolve path " + path);
                }
                s.pop();
            } else { // plain component
                s.push(thisToken);
            }
        }
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) {
            if (i > 1) {
                // not before the filesystem root and not after it, since root
                // already contains one
                sb.append(File.separatorChar);
            }
            sb.append(s.elementAt(i));
        }
        return new File(sb.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Dissect the specified absolute path.
     * @param path the path to dissect.
     * @return String[] {root, remaining path}.
     * @throws java.lang.NullPointerException if path is null.
     */
    public String[] dissect(String path) {
        char sep = File.separatorChar;
        path = path.replace('/', sep).replace('\\', sep);

        // make sure we are dealing with an absolute path
        if (!isAbsolutePath(path)) {
            throw new BuildException(path + " is not an absolute path");
        }
        String root = null;
        int colon = path.indexOf(':');
        if (colon > 0 && (onDos || onNetWare)) {

            int next = colon + 1;
            root = path.substring(0, next).toUpperCase();
            char[] ca = path.toCharArray();
            root += sep;
            //remove the initial separator; the root has it.
            next = (ca[next] == sep) ? next + 1 : next;

            StringBuffer sbPath = new StringBuffer();
            // Eliminate consecutive slashes after the drive spec:
            for (int i = next; i < ca.length; i++) {
                if (ca[i] != sep || ca[i - 1] != sep) {
                    sbPath.append(ca[i]);
                }
            }
            path = sbPath.toString();
        } else if (path.length() > 1 && path.charAt(1) == sep) {
            // UNC drive
            int nextsep = path.indexOf(sep, 2);
            nextsep = path.indexOf(sep, nextsep + 1);
            root = (nextsep > 2) ? path.substring(0, nextsep + 1) : path;
            path = path.substring(root.length());
        } else {
            root = File.separator;
            path = path.substring(1);
        }
        return new String[] {root, path};
    }

    /**
     * Returns a VMS String representation of a <code>File</code> object.
     * This is useful since the JVM by default internally converts VMS paths
     * to Unix style.
     * The returned String is always an absolute path.
     *
     * @param f The <code>File</code> to get the VMS path for.
     * @return The absolute VMS path to <code>f</code>.
     */
    public String toVMSPath(File f) {
        // format: "DEVICE:[DIR.SUBDIR]FILE"
        String osPath;
        String path = normalize(f.getAbsolutePath()).getPath();
        String name = f.getName();
        boolean isAbsolute = path.charAt(0) == File.separatorChar;
        // treat directories specified using .DIR syntax as files
        boolean isDirectory = f.isDirectory()
            && !name.regionMatches(true, name.length() - 4, ".DIR", 0, 4);

        String device = null;
        StringBuffer directory = null;
        String file = null;

        int index = 0;

        if (isAbsolute) {
            index = path.indexOf(File.separatorChar, 1);
            if (index == -1) {
                return path.substring(1) + ":[000000]";
            } else {
                device = path.substring(1, index++);
            }
        }
        if (isDirectory) {
            directory = new StringBuffer(path.substring(index).
                                         replace(File.separatorChar, '.'));
        } else {
            int dirEnd =
                path.lastIndexOf(File.separatorChar, path.length());
            if (dirEnd == -1 || dirEnd < index) {
                file = path.substring(index);
            } else {
                directory = new StringBuffer(path.substring(index, dirEnd).
                                             replace(File.separatorChar, '.'));
                index = dirEnd + 1;
                if (path.length() > index) {
                    file = path.substring(index);
                }
            }
        }
        if (!isAbsolute && directory != null) {
            directory.insert(0, '.');
        }
        osPath = ((device != null) ? device + ":" : "")
            + ((directory != null) ? "[" + directory + "]" : "")
            + ((file != null) ? file : "");
        return osPath;
    }

    /**
     * Create a temporary file in a given directory.
     *
     * <p>The file denoted by the returned abstract pathname did not
     * exist before this method was invoked, any subsequent invocation
     * of this method will yield a different file name.</p>
     * <p>
     * The filename is prefixNNNNNsuffix where NNNN is a random number.
     * </p>
     * <p>This method is different from File.createTempFile() of JDK 1.2
     * as it doesn't create the file itself.  It uses the location pointed
     * to by java.io.tmpdir when the parentDir attribute is null.</p>
     *
     * @param prefix prefix before the random number.
     * @param suffix file extension; include the '.'.
     * @param parentDir Directory to create the temporary file in;
     * java.io.tmpdir used if not specified.
     *
     * @return a File reference to the new temporary file.
     * @since Ant 1.5
     */
    public File createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, File parentDir) {
        File result = null;
        String parent = (parentDir == null)
            ? System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
            : parentDir.getPath();

        DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat("#####");
        synchronized (rand) {
            do {
                result = new File(parent,
                                  prefix + fmt.format(Math.abs(rand.nextInt()))
                                  + suffix);
            } while (result.exists());
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Compares the contents of two files.
     *
     * @param f1 the file whose content is to be compared.
     * @param f2 the other file whose content is to be compared.
     *
     * @return true if the content of the files is the same.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the files cannot be read.
     */
    public boolean contentEquals(File f1, File f2) throws IOException {
        return contentEquals(f1, f2, false);
    }

    /**
     * Compares the contents of two files.
     *
     * @param f1 the file whose content is to be compared.
     * @param f2 the other file whose content is to be compared.
     * @param textfile true if the file is to be treated as a text file and
     *        differences in kind of line break are to be ignored.
     *
     * @return true if the content of the files is the same.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the files cannot be read.
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public boolean contentEquals(File f1, File f2, boolean textfile) throws IOException {
        return contentEquals(new FileResource(f1), new FileResource(f2), textfile);
    }

    /**
     * Compares the contents of two Resources.
     *
     * @param r1 the Resource whose content is to be compared.
     * @param r2 the other Resource whose content is to be compared.
     * @param text true if the content is to be treated as text and
     *        differences in kind of line break are to be ignored.
     *
     * @return true if the content of the Resources is the same.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the Resources cannot be read.
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public boolean contentEquals(Resource r1, Resource r2, boolean text) throws IOException {
        if (r1.isExists() != r2.isExists()) {
            return false;
        }
        if (!r1.isExists()) {
            // two not existing files are equal
            return true;
        }
        // should the following two be switched?  If r1 and r2 refer to the same file,
        // isn't their content equal regardless of whether that file is a directory?
        if (r1.isDirectory() || r2.isDirectory()) {
            // don't want to compare directory contents for now
            return false;
        }
        if (r1.equals(r2)) {
            return true;
        }
        if (!text && r1.getSize() != r2.getSize()) {
            return false;
        }
        return compareContent(r1, r2, text) == 0;
    }

    /**
     * Compare the content of two Resources. A nonexistent Resource's
     * content is "less than" that of an existing Resource; a directory-type
     * Resource's content is "less than" that of a file-type Resource.
     * @param r1 the Resource whose content is to be compared.
     * @param r2 the other Resource whose content is to be compared.
     * @param text true if the content is to be treated as text and
     *        differences in kind of line break are to be ignored.
     * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first
     *         argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
     * @throws IOException if the Resources cannot be read.
     */
    public int compareContent(Resource r1, Resource r2, boolean text) throws IOException {
        if (r1.equals(r2)) {
            return 0;
        }
        boolean e1 = r1.isExists();
        boolean e2 = r2.isExists();
        if (!(e1 || e2)) {
            return 0;
        }
        if (e1 != e2) {
            return e1 ? 1 : -1;
        }
        boolean d1 = r1.isDirectory();
        boolean d2 = r2.isDirectory();
        if (d1 && d2) {
            return 0;
        }
        if (d1 || d2) {
            return d1 ? -1 : 1;
        }
        return text ? textCompare(r1, r2) : binaryCompare(r1, r2);
    }

    /**
     * Binary compares the contents of two Resources.
     * <p>
     * simple but sub-optimal comparision algorithm. written for working
     * rather than fast. Better would be a block read into buffers followed
     * by long comparisions apart from the final 1-7 bytes.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param r1 the Resource whose content is to be compared.
     * @param r2 the other Resource whose content is to be compared.
     * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first
     *         argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
     * @throws IOException if the Resources cannot be read.
     */
    private int binaryCompare(Resource r1, Resource r2) throws IOException {
        InputStream in1 = null;
        InputStream in2 = null;
        try {
            in1 = new BufferedInputStream(r1.getInputStream());
            in2 = new BufferedInputStream(r2.getInputStream());

            for (int b1 = in1.read(); b1 != -1; b1 = in1.read()) {
                int b2 = in2.read();
                if (b1 != b2) {
                    return b1 > b2 ? 1 : -1;
                }
            }
            return in2.read() == -1 ? 0 : -1;
        } finally {
            close(in1);
            close(in2);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Text compares the contents of two Resources.
     * Ignores different kinds of line endings.
     * @param r1 the Resource whose content is to be compared.
     * @param r2 the other Resource whose content is to be compared.
     * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first
     *         argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
     * @throws IOException if the Resources cannot be read.
     */
    private int textCompare(Resource r1, Resource r2) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader in1 = null;
        BufferedReader in2 = null;
        try {
            in1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(r1.getInputStream()));
            in2 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(r2.getInputStream()));

            String expected = in1.readLine();
            while (expected != null) {
                String actual = in2.readLine();
                if (!expected.equals(actual)) {
                    return expected.compareTo(actual);
                }
                expected = in1.readLine();
            }
            return in2.readLine() == null ? 0 : -1;
        } finally {
            close(in1);
            close(in2);
        }
    }

    /**
     * This was originally an emulation of {@link File#getParentFile} for JDK 1.1,
     * but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).
     * @param f the file whose parent is required.
     * @return the given file's parent, or null if the file does not have a
     *         parent.
     * @since 1.10
     * @deprecated Just use {@link File#getParentFile} directly.
     */
    public File getParentFile(File f) {
        return (f == null) ? null : f.getParentFile();
    }

    /**
     * Read from reader till EOF.
     * @param rdr the reader from which to read.
     * @return the contents read out of the given reader.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the contents could not be read out from the
     *         reader.
     */
    public static final String readFully(Reader rdr) throws IOException {
        return readFully(rdr, BUF_SIZE);
    }

    /**
     * Read from reader till EOF.
     *
     * @param rdr the reader from which to read.
     * @param bufferSize the buffer size to use when reading.
     *
     * @return the contents read out of the given reader.
     *
     * @throws IOException if the contents could not be read out from the
     *         reader.
     */
    public static final String readFully(Reader rdr, int bufferSize)
        throws IOException {
        if (bufferSize <= 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Buffer size must be greater "
                                               + "than 0");
        }
        final char[] buffer = new char[bufferSize];
        int bufferLength = 0;
        StringBuffer textBuffer = null;
        while (bufferLength != -1) {
            bufferLength = rdr.read(buffer);
            if (bufferLength > 0) {
                textBuffer = (textBuffer == null) ? new StringBuffer() : textBuffer;
                textBuffer.append(new String(buffer, 0, bufferLength));
            }
        }
        return (textBuffer == null) ? null : textBuffer.toString();
    }

    /**
     * This was originally an emulation of File.createNewFile for JDK 1.1,
     * but it is now implemented using that method (Ant 1.6.3 onwards).
     *
     * <p>This method has historically <strong>not</strong> guaranteed that the
     * operation was atomic. In its current implementation it is.
     *
     * @param f the file to be created.
     * @return true if the file did not exist already.
     * @throws IOException on error.
     * @since Ant 1.5
     */
    public boolean createNewFile(File f) throws IOException {
        return f.createNewFile();
    }

    /**
     * Create a new file, optionally creating parent directories.
     *
     * @param f the file to be created.
     * @param mkdirs <code>boolean</code> whether to create parent directories.
     * @return true if the file did not exist already.
     * @throws IOException on error.
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public boolean createNewFile(File f, boolean mkdirs) throws IOException {
        File parent = f.getParentFile();
        if (mkdirs && !(parent.exists())) {
            parent.mkdirs();
        }
        return f.createNewFile();
    }

    /**
     * Checks whether a given file is a symbolic link.
     *
     * <p>It doesn't really test for symbolic links but whether the
     * canonical and absolute paths of the file are identical--this
     * may lead to false positives on some platforms.</p>
     *
     * @param parent the parent directory of the file to test
     * @param name the name of the file to test.
     *
     * @return true if the file is a symbolic link.
     * @throws IOException on error.
     * @since Ant 1.5
     */
    public boolean isSymbolicLink(File parent, String name)
        throws IOException {
        if (parent == null) {
            File f = new File(name);
            parent = f.getParentFile();
            name = f.getName();
        }
        File toTest = new File(parent.getCanonicalPath(), name);
        return !toTest.getAbsolutePath().equals(toTest.getCanonicalPath());
    }

    /**
     * Removes a leading path from a second path.
     *
     * @param leading The leading path, must not be null, must be absolute.
     * @param path The path to remove from, must not be null, must be absolute.
     *
     * @return path's normalized absolute if it doesn't start with
     * leading; path's path with leading's path removed otherwise.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.5
     */
    public String removeLeadingPath(File leading, File path) {
        String l = normalize(leading.getAbsolutePath()).getAbsolutePath();
        String p = normalize(path.getAbsolutePath()).getAbsolutePath();
        if (l.equals(p)) {
            return "";
        }

        // ensure that l ends with a /
        // so we never think /foo was a parent directory of /foobar
        if (!l.endsWith(File.separator)) {
            l += File.separator;
        }
        return (p.startsWith(l)) ? p.substring(l.length()) : p;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>file:</code> URI that represents the
     * external form of the given pathname.
     *
     * <p>Will be an absolute URI if the given path is absolute.</p>
     *
     * <p>This code doesn't handle non-ASCII characters properly.</p>
     *
     * @param path the path in the local file system.
     * @return the URI version of the local path.
     * @since Ant 1.6
     */
    public String toURI(String path) {
        boolean isDir = new File(path).isDirectory();

        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("file:");

        path = resolveFile(null, path).getPath();
        sb.append("//");
        // add an extra slash for filesystems with drive-specifiers
        if (!path.startsWith(File.separator)) {
            sb.append("/");
        }
        path = path.replace('\\', '/');

        CharacterIterator iter = new StringCharacterIterator(path);
        for (char c = iter.first(); c != CharacterIterator.DONE;
             c = iter.next()) {
            if (c < 256 && isSpecial[c]) {
                sb.append('%');
                sb.append(escapedChar1[c]);
                sb.append(escapedChar2[c]);
            } else {
                sb.append(c);
            }
        }
        if (isDir && !path.endsWith("/")) {
            sb.append('/');
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a file path from a <code>file:</code> URI.
     *
     * <p>Will be an absolute path if the given URI is absolute.</p>
     *
     * <p>Swallows '%' that are not followed by two characters,
     * doesn't deal with non-ASCII characters.</p>
     *
     * @param uri the URI designating a file in the local filesystem.
     * @return the local file system path for the file.
     * @since Ant 1.6
     */
    public String fromURI(String uri) {
        String path = Locator.fromURI(uri);

        // catch exception if normalize thinks this is not an absolute path
        try {
            path = normalize(path).getAbsolutePath();
        } catch (BuildException e) {
            // relative path
        }
        return path;
    }

    /**
     * Compares two filenames.
     *
     * <p>Unlike java.io.File#equals this method will try to compare
     * the absolute paths and &quot;normalize&quot; the filenames
     * before comparing them.</p>
     *
     * @param f1 the file whose name is to be compared.
     * @param f2 the other file whose name is to be compared.
     *
     * @return true if the file are for the same file.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.5.3
     */
    public boolean fileNameEquals(File f1, File f2) {
        return normalize(f1.getAbsolutePath())
            .equals(normalize(f2.getAbsolutePath()));
    }

    /**
     * Renames a file, even if that involves crossing file system boundaries.
     *
     * <p>This will remove <code>to</code> (if it exists), ensure that
     * <code>to</code>'s parent directory exists and move
     * <code>from</code>, which involves deleting <code>from</code> as
     * well.</p>
     *
     * @param from the file to move.
     * @param to the new file name.
     *
     * @throws IOException if anything bad happens during this
     * process.  Note that <code>to</code> may have been deleted
     * already when this happens.
     *
     * @since Ant 1.6
     */
    public void rename(File from, File to) throws IOException {
        if (to.exists() && !to.delete()) {
            throw new IOException("Failed to delete " + to
                                  + " while trying to rename " + from);
        }
        File parent = to.getParentFile();
        if (parent != null && !parent.exists() && !parent.mkdirs()) {
            throw new IOException("Failed to create directory " + parent
                                  + " while trying to rename " + from);
        }
        if (!from.renameTo(to)) {
            copyFile(from, to);
            if (!from.delete()) {
                throw new IOException("Failed to delete " + from
                                      + " while trying to rename it.");
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the granularity of file timestamps.
     * The choice is made based on OS, which is incorrect--it should really be
     * by filesystem. We do not have an easy way to probe for file systems,
     * however, so this heuristic gives us a decent default.
     * @return the difference, in milliseconds, which two file timestamps must have
     * in order for the two files to be considered to have different timestamps.
     */
    public long getFileTimestampGranularity() {
        if (onWin9x) {
            return FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY;
        } else if (onWindows) {
            return NTFS_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY;
        } else if (onDos) {
            return FAT_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY;
        }
        return UNIX_FILE_TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the source is older than the dest.
     * If the dest file does not exist, then the test returns false; it is
     * implicitly not up do date.
     * @param source source file (should be the older).
     * @param dest dest file (should be the newer).
     * @param granularity an offset added to the source time.
     * @return true if the source is older than the dest after accounting
     *              for granularity.
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public boolean isUpToDate(File source, File dest, long granularity) {
        //do a check for the destination file existing
        if (!dest.exists()) {
            //if it does not, then the file is not up to date.
            return false;
        }
        long sourceTime = source.lastModified();
        long destTime = dest.lastModified();
        return isUpToDate(sourceTime, destTime, granularity);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the source is older than the dest.
     * @param source source file (should be the older).
     * @param dest dest file (should be the newer).
     * @return true if the source is older than the dest, taking the granularity into account.
     * @since Ant 1.6.3
     */
    public boolean isUpToDate(File source, File dest) {
        return isUpToDate(source, dest, getFileTimestampGranularity());
    }

    /**
     * Compare two timestamps for being up to date using
     * the specified granularity.
     *
     * @param sourceTime timestamp of source file.
     * @param destTime timestamp of dest file.
     * @param granularity os/filesys granularity.
     * @return true if the dest file is considered up to date.
     */
    public boolean isUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime, long granularity) {
        if (destTime == -1) {
            return false;
        }
        return destTime >= sourceTime + granularity;
    }

    /**
     * Compare two timestamps for being up to date using the
     * current granularity.
     *
     * @param sourceTime  timestamp of source file.
     * @param destTime    timestamp of dest file.
     * @return true if the dest file is considered up to date.
     */
    public boolean isUpToDate(long sourceTime, long destTime) {
        return isUpToDate(sourceTime, destTime, getFileTimestampGranularity());
    }

    /**
     * Close a Writer without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
     * Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
     * @param device output writer, can be null.
     */
    public static void close(Writer device) {
        if (device != null) {
            try {
                device.close();
            } catch (IOException ioex) {
                //ignore
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
     * Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
     *
     * @param device Reader, can be null.
     */
    public static void close(Reader device) {
        if (device != null) {
            try {
                device.close();
            } catch (IOException ioex) {
                //ignore
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
     * Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
     *
     * @param device stream, can be null.
     */
    public static void close(OutputStream device) {
        if (device != null) {
            try {
                device.close();
            } catch (IOException ioex) {
                //ignore
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Close a stream without throwing any exception if something went wrong.
     * Do not attempt to close it if the argument is null.
     *
     * @param device stream, can be null.
     */
    public static void close(InputStream device) {
        if (device != null) {
            try {
                device.close();
            } catch (IOException ioex) {
                //ignore
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Delete the file with {@link File#delete()} if the argument is not null.
     * Do nothing on a null argument.
     * @param file file to delete.
     */
    public static void delete(File file) {
        if (file != null) {
            file.delete();
        }
    }
}