org.codehaus.mojo.jalopy
Class Locator

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.mojo.jalopy.Locator

public class Locator
extends Object

Performs Locator services for the *Location parameters in the Reports.

Copied from the maven-checkstyle-plugin.

Author:

Joakim Erdfelt

Constructor Summary

Locator(org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log log, File resolveToDir)
Create a Locator object.

Method Summary

File	resolveLocation(String location, String localfile) Attempts to resolve a location parameter into a real file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Locator

public Locator(org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log log,
               File resolveToDir)

Create a Locator object.

Parameters:

log - the logger object to log with.

resolveToDir - the directory to resolve resources into.

Method Detail

resolveLocation

public File resolveLocation(String location,
                            String localfile)
                     throws IOException

Attempts to resolve a location parameter into a real file.

Checks a location string to for a resource, URL, or File that matches. If a resource or URL is found, then a local file is created with that locations contents.

Parameters:

location - the location string to match against.

localfile - the local file to use in case of resource or URL.

Returns:

the File of the resolved location.

Throws:

IOException - if file is unable to be found or copied into localfile destination.