Interface File

moduleceylon.file1.1.0

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Represents a file in a hierarchical file system.

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File
- ExistingResource
  - Resource

no subtypes hierarchy

Attributes
`contentType`	Source Code`shared formal String?Go to Null abbreviations X? means Null\|X contentType` Determine the content type of this file, if possible.
`directory`	Source Code`shared formal Directory directory` The directory containing this file.
`executable`	Source Code`shared formal Boolean executable` Determine if this file may be executed.
`hidden`	Source Code`shared formal Boolean hidden` Determine if this file is considered hidden.
`lastModifiedMilliseconds`	Source Code`shared formal variable Integer lastModifiedMilliseconds` The timestamp of the last modification of this file.
`name`	Source Code`shared formal String name` The name of this file.
`readable`	Source Code`shared formal Boolean readable` Determine if this file may be read from.
`size`	Source Code`shared formal Integer size` The size of this file, in bytes.
`store`	Source Code`shared formal Store store` The store to which this file belongs.
`writable`	Source Code`shared formal Boolean writable` Determine if this file may be written to.

Inherited Attributes
Attributes inherited from: `Object` `Object.hash`, `Object.string`
Attributes inherited from: `ExistingResource` `ExistingResource.owner`
Attributes inherited from: `Resource` `Resource.linkedResource`, `Resource.path`

Methods
`appender`	Source Code`shared Writer appender(String?Go to Null abbreviations X? means Null\|X encoding = null)` Deprecated: Use `Appender` instead. A `Writer` for appending text to this file Parameters: `encoding = null` The character encoding to use, where `null` indicates that the platform default character encoding should be used.
`copy`	Source Code `shared formal File copy(Nil target, Boolean copyAttributes = false)` Copy this file to the given location. Parameters: `copyAttributes = false` Copy attributes of the original file.
`copyOverwriting`	Source Code `shared formal File copyOverwriting(File\|Nil target, Boolean copyAttributes = false)` Copy this file to the given location, overwriting the target if it already exists. Parameters: `copyAttributes = false` Copy attributes of the original file.
`createLink`	Source Code `shared formal File createLink(Nil target)` Create a hard link to this file.
`createSymbolicLink`	Source Code `shared formal Link createSymbolicLink(Nil target)` Create a symbolic link to this file.
`move`	Source Code `shared formal File move(Nil target)` Move this file to the given location.
`moveOverwriting`	Source Code `shared formal File moveOverwriting(File\|Nil target)` Move this file to the given location, overwriting the target if it already exists.
`reader`	Source Code`shared Reader reader(String?Go to Null abbreviations X? means Null\|X encoding = null)` Deprecated: Use `Reader` instead. A `Reader` for reading lines of text from this file. Parameters: `encoding = null` The character encoding to use, where `null` indicates that the platform default character encoding should be used.
`writer`	Source Code`shared Writer writer(String?Go to Null abbreviations X? means Null\|X encoding = null)` Deprecated: Use `Overwriter` instead. A `Writer` for writing text to this file, after truncating the file to length 0. Parameters: `encoding = null` The character encoding to use, where `null` indicates that the platform default character encoding should be used.

Inherited Methods
Methods inherited from: `Object` `Object.equals()`
Methods inherited from: `ExistingResource` `ExistingResource.delete()`, `ExistingResource.readAttribute()`, `ExistingResource.writeAttribute()`

Nested Classes
`Appender`	Source Code`shared formal Appender` A `Writer` for appending text to this file
`Overwriter`	Source Code`shared formal Overwriter` A `Writer` for writing text to this file, after truncating the file to length 0.
`Reader`	Source Code`shared formal Reader` A `Reader` for reading lines of text from this file.