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+package org.splat.dal.bo.som;
+/**
+ * Class of meta files representing physical files under the control of Study Manager.
+ * Typically, the files represented by this class are source files of Documents and exports in different formats.
+ * The path of such files is relative to the vault of the repository of Study Manager.
+ * When creating a Document, as the source file is produced by the caller which creates the Document, the corresponding
+ * physical file may not exist at instantiation time.
+ *
+ * @author Daniel Brunier-Coulin
+ * @copyright OPEN CASCADE 2012
+ */
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.splat.dal.bo.kernel.Persistent;
+import org.splat.dal.dao.som.Database;
+
+
+public class File extends Persistent {
+
+// Persistent fields
+ protected String format;
+ protected String path;
+ protected Date date;
+
+// Transient fields
+ private java.io.File myfile; // For optimization
+
+// ==============================================================================================================================
+// Construction
+// ==============================================================================================================================
+
+// Database fetch constructor
+ protected File () {
+// -----------------
+ this.myfile = null;
+ }
+// Internal constructors
+ protected File (String path) {
+// ----------------------------
+ Calendar current = Calendar.getInstance();
+ String[] table = path.split("\\x2E");
+
+ this.format = table[table.length-1];
+ this.path = path; // The corresponding physical file may not exist yet
+ this.date = current.getTime(); // Today
+ this.myfile = null;
+ }
+ protected File (String path, String format, Date date) {
+// ------------------------------------------------------
+ this.path = path; // The corresponding physical file may not exist yet
+ this.format = format; // The format name may be different from the physical file extension
+ this.date = date;
+ if (date == null) {
+ Calendar current = Calendar.getInstance();
+ this.date = current.getTime(); // Today
+ }
+ this.myfile = null;
+ }
+
+// ==============================================================================================================================
+// Public member functions
+// ==============================================================================================================================
+/**
+ * Returns the data file associated to this meta file.
+ *
+ * @return the associated data file. If this meta data is an empty document, the returned file does not exist.
+ */
+ public java.io.File asFile () {
+// -----------------------------
+ if (myfile == null) myfile = new java.io.File(Database.getRepositoryVaultPath() + path);
+ return myfile;
+ }
+
+ public Date getDate () {
+// ----------------------
+ return date;
+ }
+
+ public String getFormat () {
+// --------------------------
+ return format;
+ }
+
+ public String getName () {
+// ------------------------
+ return this.asFile().getName();
+ }
+
+ public String getRelativePath () {
+// --------------------------------
+ return path;
+ }
+
+ public boolean exists () { // Shortcut
+// ------------------------
+ return (this.asFile().exists());
+ }
+
+// ==============================================================================================================================
+// Protected service
+// ==============================================================================================================================
+
+ protected void changePath (String path) {
+// ---------------------------------------
+ this.path = path;
+ this.myfile = null;
+ }
+}
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