compbio.engine.client
Class PathValidator

java.lang.Object
  compbio.engine.client.PathValidator

public final class PathValidator
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

PathValidator()

Method Summary

static boolean	isAbsolutePath(java.lang.String path) Whether a certain path is absolute or not is operation system dependent!
static boolean	isValidDirectory(java.lang.String directory)
static boolean	isValidExecutable(java.lang.String command)
static void	validateDirectory(java.lang.String workDirectory)
static void	validateExecutable(java.lang.String command)
static void	validatePathNames(java.util.List<java.lang.String> filenames, java.lang.String type)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PathValidator

public PathValidator()

Method Detail

isValidExecutable

public static boolean isValidExecutable(java.lang.String command)

validateExecutable

public static void validateExecutable(java.lang.String command)
                               throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

isValidDirectory

public static boolean isValidDirectory(java.lang.String directory)

validatePathNames

public static void validatePathNames(java.util.List<java.lang.String> filenames,
                                     java.lang.String type)
                              throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Parameters:

filenames -

type - - merely a string to be added to error message to explain what type of files are lacking

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

isAbsolutePath

public static boolean isAbsolutePath(java.lang.String path)

Whether a certain path is absolute or not is operation system dependent!

Parameters:

path -

Returns:

true is the path is absolute, false otherwise

validateDirectory

public static void validateDirectory(java.lang.String workDirectory)
                              throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException