itkFileTools.h

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#ifndef itkFileTools_h
#define itkFileTools_h

#include <string>

namespace itk
{

class FileTools
{
public:

  static void CreateDirectory( const std::string &fn );

  static void CreateFile( const std::string &fn );

};

} // namespace itk

// here comes the implementation

#include "itksys/SystemTools.hxx"
#include "itkMacro.h"

namespace itk
{

inline void
FileTools::CreateDirectory( const std::string &dir )
{
  if ( dir.empty() || itksys::SystemTools::FileExists(dir.c_str(),true) )
    {
    ExceptionObject eo( __FILE__, __LINE__, "directory cannot be created" );
    throw eo;
    }

  // do nothing if it already exists
  if ( "" == dir || "." == dir || itksys::SystemTools::FileIsDirectory(dir.c_str()) )
    {
    return;
    }

  // create it
  itksys::SystemTools::MakeDirectory( dir.c_str() );

  // check successful or not
  if ( !itksys::SystemTools::FileIsDirectory( dir.c_str() ) )
    {
    ExceptionObject eo( __FILE__, __LINE__, "directory cannot be created" );
    throw eo;
    }
}

inline void
FileTools::CreateFile( const std::string &fn )
{
  if ( fn.empty() || itksys::SystemTools::FileIsDirectory( fn.c_str() ) )
    {
    ExceptionObject eo( __FILE__, __LINE__, "file cannot be created" );
    throw eo;
    }

  // do nothing if it already exists
  if ( itksys::SystemTools::FileExists(fn.c_str() ,true) )
    {
    return;
    }

  // make sure the directory exists
  std::string dir = itksys::SystemTools::GetFilenamePath( fn.c_str() );
  FileTools::CreateDirectory( dir );

  // create the file
  itksys::SystemTools::Touch( fn.c_str(), true );

  // check successful or not
  if ( !itksys::SystemTools::FileExists( fn.c_str(), true) )
    {
    ExceptionObject eo( __FILE__, __LINE__, "file cannot be created" );
    throw eo;
    }
}

} // namespace itk

#endif // itkFileTools_h