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package org.apache.commons.io.output;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

import org.apache.commons.io.Charsets;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;

FileWriter that will create and honor lock files to allow simple cross thread file lock handling.

This class provides a simple alternative to FileWriter that will use a lock file to prevent duplicate writes.

N.B. the lock file is deleted when close() is called - or if the main file cannot be opened initially. In the (unlikely) event that the lockfile cannot be deleted, this is not reported, and subsequent requests using the same lockfile will fail.

By default, the file will be overwritten, but this may be changed to append. The lock directory may be specified, but defaults to the system property java.io.tmpdir. The encoding may also be specified, and defaults to the platform default.

/** * FileWriter that will create and honor lock files to allow simple * cross thread file lock handling. * <p> * This class provides a simple alternative to <code>FileWriter</code> * that will use a lock file to prevent duplicate writes. * <p> * <b>N.B.</b> the lock file is deleted when {@link #close()} is called * - or if the main file cannot be opened initially. * In the (unlikely) event that the lockfile cannot be deleted, * this is not reported, and subsequent requests using * the same lockfile will fail. * <p> * By default, the file will be overwritten, but this may be changed to append. * The lock directory may be specified, but defaults to the system property * <code>java.io.tmpdir</code>. * The encoding may also be specified, and defaults to the platform default. * */
public class LockableFileWriter extends Writer { // Cannot extend ProxyWriter, as requires writer to be // known when super() is called
The extension for the lock file.
/** The extension for the lock file. */
private static final String LCK = ".lck";
The writer to decorate.
/** The writer to decorate. */
private final Writer out;
The lock file.
/** The lock file. */
private final File lockFile;
Constructs a LockableFileWriter. If the file exists, it is overwritten.
Params:
  • fileName – the file to write to, not null
Throws:
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter. * If the file exists, it is overwritten. * * @param fileName the file to write to, not null * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error */
public LockableFileWriter(final String fileName) throws IOException { this(fileName, false, null); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter.
Params:
  • fileName – file to write to, not null
  • append – true if content should be appended, false to overwrite
Throws:
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter. * * @param fileName file to write to, not null * @param append true if content should be appended, false to overwrite * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error */
public LockableFileWriter(final String fileName, final boolean append) throws IOException { this(fileName, append, null); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter.
Params:
  • fileName – the file to write to, not null
  • append – true if content should be appended, false to overwrite
  • lockDir – the directory in which the lock file should be held
Throws:
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter. * * @param fileName the file to write to, not null * @param append true if content should be appended, false to overwrite * @param lockDir the directory in which the lock file should be held * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error */
public LockableFileWriter(final String fileName, final boolean append, final String lockDir) throws IOException { this(new File(fileName), append, lockDir); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter. If the file exists, it is overwritten.
Params:
  • file – the file to write to, not null
Throws:
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter. * If the file exists, it is overwritten. * * @param file the file to write to, not null * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error */
public LockableFileWriter(final File file) throws IOException { this(file, false, null); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter.
Params:
  • file – the file to write to, not null
  • append – true if content should be appended, false to overwrite
Throws:
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter. * * @param file the file to write to, not null * @param append true if content should be appended, false to overwrite * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error */
public LockableFileWriter(final File file, final boolean append) throws IOException { this(file, append, null); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter.
Params:
  • file – the file to write to, not null
  • append – true if content should be appended, false to overwrite
  • lockDir – the directory in which the lock file should be held
Throws:
Deprecated:2.5 use LockableFileWriter(File, Charset, boolean, String) instead
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter. * * @param file the file to write to, not null * @param append true if content should be appended, false to overwrite * @param lockDir the directory in which the lock file should be held * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error * @deprecated 2.5 use {@link #LockableFileWriter(File, Charset, boolean, String)} instead */
@Deprecated public LockableFileWriter(final File file, final boolean append, final String lockDir) throws IOException { this(file, Charset.defaultCharset(), append, lockDir); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter with a file encoding.
Params:
  • file – the file to write to, not null
  • encoding – the encoding to use, null means platform default
Throws:
Since:2.3
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter with a file encoding. * * @param file the file to write to, not null * @param encoding the encoding to use, null means platform default * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error * @since 2.3 */
public LockableFileWriter(final File file, final Charset encoding) throws IOException { this(file, encoding, false, null); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter with a file encoding.
Params:
  • file – the file to write to, not null
  • encoding – the encoding to use, null means platform default
Throws:
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter with a file encoding. * * @param file the file to write to, not null * @param encoding the encoding to use, null means platform default * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error * @throws java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException * thrown instead of {@link java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException} in version 2.2 if the encoding is not * supported. */
public LockableFileWriter(final File file, final String encoding) throws IOException { this(file, encoding, false, null); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter with a file encoding.
Params:
  • file – the file to write to, not null
  • encoding – the encoding to use, null means platform default
  • append – true if content should be appended, false to overwrite
  • lockDir – the directory in which the lock file should be held
Throws:
Since:2.3
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter with a file encoding. * * @param file the file to write to, not null * @param encoding the encoding to use, null means platform default * @param append true if content should be appended, false to overwrite * @param lockDir the directory in which the lock file should be held * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error * @since 2.3 */
public LockableFileWriter(File file, final Charset encoding, final boolean append, String lockDir) throws IOException { super(); // init file to create/append file = file.getAbsoluteFile(); if (file.getParentFile() != null) { FileUtils.forceMkdir(file.getParentFile()); } if (file.isDirectory()) { throw new IOException("File specified is a directory"); } // init lock file if (lockDir == null) { lockDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"); } final File lockDirFile = new File(lockDir); FileUtils.forceMkdir(lockDirFile); testLockDir(lockDirFile); lockFile = new File(lockDirFile, file.getName() + LCK); // check if locked createLock(); // init wrapped writer out = initWriter(file, encoding, append); }
Constructs a LockableFileWriter with a file encoding.
Params:
  • file – the file to write to, not null
  • encoding – the encoding to use, null means platform default
  • append – true if content should be appended, false to overwrite
  • lockDir – the directory in which the lock file should be held
Throws:
/** * Constructs a LockableFileWriter with a file encoding. * * @param file the file to write to, not null * @param encoding the encoding to use, null means platform default * @param append true if content should be appended, false to overwrite * @param lockDir the directory in which the lock file should be held * @throws NullPointerException if the file is null * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error * @throws java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException * thrown instead of {@link java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException} in version 2.2 if the encoding is not * supported. */
public LockableFileWriter(final File file, final String encoding, final boolean append, final String lockDir) throws IOException { this(file, Charsets.toCharset(encoding), append, lockDir); } //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tests that we can write to the lock directory.
Params:
  • lockDir – the File representing the lock directory
Throws:
/** * Tests that we can write to the lock directory. * * @param lockDir the File representing the lock directory * @throws IOException if we cannot write to the lock directory * @throws IOException if we cannot find the lock file */
private void testLockDir(final File lockDir) throws IOException { if (!lockDir.exists()) { throw new IOException( "Could not find lockDir: " + lockDir.getAbsolutePath()); } if (!lockDir.canWrite()) { throw new IOException( "Could not write to lockDir: " + lockDir.getAbsolutePath()); } }
Creates the lock file.
Throws:
  • IOException – if we cannot create the file
/** * Creates the lock file. * * @throws IOException if we cannot create the file */
private void createLock() throws IOException { synchronized (LockableFileWriter.class) { if (!lockFile.createNewFile()) { throw new IOException("Can't write file, lock " + lockFile.getAbsolutePath() + " exists"); } lockFile.deleteOnExit(); } }
Initialise the wrapped file writer. Ensure that a cleanup occurs if the writer creation fails.
Params:
  • file – the file to be accessed
  • encoding – the encoding to use
  • append – true to append
Throws:
Returns:The initialised writer
/** * Initialise the wrapped file writer. * Ensure that a cleanup occurs if the writer creation fails. * * @param file the file to be accessed * @param encoding the encoding to use * @param append true to append * @return The initialised writer * @throws IOException if an error occurs */
private Writer initWriter(final File file, final Charset encoding, final boolean append) throws IOException { final boolean fileExistedAlready = file.exists(); try { return new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(file.getAbsolutePath(), append), Charsets.toCharset(encoding)); } catch (final IOException | RuntimeException ex) { FileUtils.deleteQuietly(lockFile); if (fileExistedAlready == false) { FileUtils.deleteQuietly(file); } throw ex; } } //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Closes the file writer and deletes the lockfile (if possible).
Throws:
  • IOException – if an I/O error occurs
/** * Closes the file writer and deletes the lockfile (if possible). * * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void close() throws IOException { try { out.close(); } finally { lockFile.delete(); } } //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Write a character.
Params:
  • idx – the character to write
Throws:
/** * Write a character. * @param idx the character to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final int idx) throws IOException { out.write(idx); }
Write the characters from an array.
Params:
  • chr – the characters to write
Throws:
/** * Write the characters from an array. * @param chr the characters to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final char[] chr) throws IOException { out.write(chr); }
Write the specified characters from an array.
Params:
  • chr – the characters to write
  • st – The start offset
  • end – The number of characters to write
Throws:
/** * Write the specified characters from an array. * @param chr the characters to write * @param st The start offset * @param end The number of characters to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final char[] chr, final int st, final int end) throws IOException { out.write(chr, st, end); }
Write the characters from a string.
Params:
  • str – the string to write
Throws:
/** * Write the characters from a string. * @param str the string to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final String str) throws IOException { out.write(str); }
Write the specified characters from a string.
Params:
  • str – the string to write
  • st – The start offset
  • end – The number of characters to write
Throws:
/** * Write the specified characters from a string. * @param str the string to write * @param st The start offset * @param end The number of characters to write * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void write(final String str, final int st, final int end) throws IOException { out.write(str, st, end); }
Flush the stream.
Throws:
  • IOException – if an I/O error occurs
/** * Flush the stream. * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */
@Override public void flush() throws IOException { out.flush(); } }