hep.io.hbook
Class HbookFile

java.lang.Object
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  +--hep.io.hbook.HbookFile

public class HbookFile

extends Object

Class for reading an HBook/PAW file.

Version:

$Id: HbookFile.java,v 1.1 2002/11/03 02:38:01 tonyj Exp $

Author:

tonyj

Constructor Summary

HbookFile(File file)
Open an hbook file.

HbookFile(String fileName)
Open an hbook file.

Method Summary

void	close() Close the file.
CompositeHbookObject	getTopLevelDirectory() Returns the top level directory for this file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HbookFile

public HbookFile(File file)
          throws IOException

Open an hbook file.

Parameters:

file - The file to open

Throws:

IOException - If an IOError occurs while opening the file

HbookFile

public HbookFile(String fileName)
          throws IOException

Open an hbook file.

Parameters:

fileName - The name of the file to open

Throws:

IOException - If an IOError occurs while opening the file

Method Detail

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close the file. No more operations can be performed on the file or any of the objects obtained from the file after it is closed.

Throws:

IOException - If an IOError occurs while closing the file

getTopLevelDirectory

public CompositeHbookObject getTopLevelDirectory()

Returns the top level directory for this file. Use this to access objects inside the HBook file.

Returns:

The CompositeHbookObject representing the top level directory