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/* FileDescriptor.java -- Opaque file handle class

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package java.io;

import gnu.java.nio.channels.FileChannelImpl;

import java.nio.channels.ByteChannel;

import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;

/**

 * This class represents an opaque file handle as a Java class.  It should

 * be used only to pass to other methods that expect an object of this

 * type.  No system specific information can be obtained from this object.

 *

 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)

 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)

 * @date September 24, 1998

 */

public final class FileDescriptor

{

  /**

   * A <code>FileDescriptor</code> representing the system standard input

   * stream.  This will usually be accessed through the

   * <code>System.in</code>variable.

   */

  public static final FileDescriptor in

  = new FileDescriptor (FileChannelImpl.in);

  /**

   * A <code>FileDescriptor</code> representing the system standard output

   * stream.  This will usually be accessed through the

   * <code>System.out</code>variable.

   */

  public static final FileDescriptor out

  = new FileDescriptor (FileChannelImpl.out);

  /**

   * A <code>FileDescriptor</code> representing the system standard error

   * stream.  This will usually be accessed through the

   * <code>System.err</code>variable.

   */

  public static final FileDescriptor err

  = new FileDescriptor (FileChannelImpl.err);

  final ByteChannel channel;

  /**

   * This method is used to initialize an invalid FileDescriptor object.

   */

  public FileDescriptor()

  {

    channel = null;

  }

  /**

   * This method is used to initialize a FileDescriptor object.

   */

  FileDescriptor(ByteChannel channel)

  {

    this.channel = channel;

  }

  /**

   * This method forces all data that has not yet been physically written to

   * the underlying storage medium associated with this

   * <code>FileDescriptor</code>

   * to be written out.  This method will not return until all data has

   * been fully written to the underlying device.  If the device does not

   * support this functionality or if an error occurs, then an exception

   * will be thrown.

   */

  public void sync () throws SyncFailedException

  {

    if (channel instanceof FileChannel)

      {

        try

          {

            ((FileChannel) channel).force(true);

          }

        catch (IOException ex)

          {

            if (ex instanceof SyncFailedException)

              throw (SyncFailedException) ex;

            else

              throw new SyncFailedException(ex.toString());

          }

      }

  }

  /**

   * This methods tests whether or not this object represents a valid open

   * native file handle.

   *

   * @return <code>true</code> if this object represents a valid

   * native file handle, <code>false</code> otherwise

   */

  public boolean valid ()

  {

    return channel != null && channel.isOpen();

  }

}