org.unix4j.unix.ls

Interface LsFormatter

All Known Implementing Classes:

LsFormatterDirectoryHeader, LsFormatterLong, LsFormatterLong7, LsFormatterShort

interface LsFormatter

Interface used by the different output formats of the ls command.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	LsFormatter.Factory

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	writeFormatted(File relativeTo, File file, LsArguments args, LineProcessor output) Writes information of the given file to the output.

Method Detail

writeFormatted

boolean writeFormatted(File relativeTo,
                     File file,
                     LsArguments args,
                     LineProcessor output)

Writes information of the given file to the output.

Parameters:

relativeTo - the starting directory to use as starting point to get to file; all path elements from this directory to file should be printed

file - the file whose name or other information is written to output

args - arguments possibly used to lookup some formatting options

output - the output object to write to

Returns:

true if the output object is ready to take more output lines, and false if not