org.pz.platypus.utilities
Class PlatypusHomeDirectory

java.lang.Object
  org.pz.platypus.utilities.PlatypusHomeDirectory

public class PlatypusHomeDirectory
extends java.lang.Object

Gets the home directory for Platypus as set in the user environment.

Field Summary

private java.lang.String

homeDirectory

Constructor Summary

PlatypusHomeDirectory()

PlatypusHomeDirectory(java.lang.Class gddClass)
Creates a string of the home directory from the user environment and makes sure it ends with a file separator.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	get() return the home directory name with a file separator at end
(package private) java.lang.String	getHomeDirectoryFromTextFile() Looks to see if the current directory holds a file called 'platypus.home'.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

homeDirectory

private java.lang.String homeDirectory

Constructor Detail

PlatypusHomeDirectory

public PlatypusHomeDirectory()

PlatypusHomeDirectory

public PlatypusHomeDirectory(java.lang.Class gddClass)

Creates a string of the home directory from the user environment and makes sure it ends with a file separator.

Parameters:

gddClass - used in the commented-out code

Method Detail

getHomeDirectoryFromTextFile

java.lang.String getHomeDirectoryFromTextFile()

Looks to see if the current directory holds a file called 'platypus.home'. If it does, and there is a subdirectory called 'config' than the current directory is deemed the home directory.

Returns:

home directory for Platypus

get

public java.lang.String get()

return the home directory name with a file separator at end

Returns:

the directory name