abbot.editor
Class FileSystemHelper

java.lang.Object
  abbot.editor.FileSystemHelper

public class FileSystemHelper
extends Object

This class is provided as part of the EditorContext object and allows the editor to make certain request of the ownining context.

Constructor Summary

FileSystemHelper()

Method Summary

boolean

makeWritable(File file) When the script editor is saving scripts it uses this function to ensure that the file is writable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileSystemHelper

public FileSystemHelper()

Method Detail

makeWritable

public boolean makeWritable(File file)

When the script editor is saving scripts it uses this function to ensure that the file is writable. This is usefull in the context of source control system that require a checkout operation before a file can be written to. By default this method does nothing as the actions permitted by File are rather limited.

Parameters:

file - The file that is being requested to make writable

Returns:

Whether the file can be written so, by default just return the file state