is there a File class equivalent in J2ME?

[rj_cybersilver]

Hi! I was wondering if there was an equivalent class in j2me to the File Class in java's standard edition? i need to know if i could somehow get the files stored in a particular folder and use those files i get in my midlet and forms. Can somebody help me? I've been going over the API and to this time I haven't found anything useful yet.

any ideas? thanks.. ^_^

[booga2]

hey dude im having the same delemma.. I was wondering if you found an answer.. ror maybe you can answer this question for me.. Im streaming a file over to my midlet its a .jar file but i don't know how to accept it.. im using outputstream and if i take it in as a string it shows all the weird letters so i know the midlet is getting it.. I just want it to save it as a file type?!?!

[balagopalks]

Hi booga2! Welcome to Nokia Discussion Boards!!

You could try using JSR75 FileConnection Optional Package

Hope this links are of some help!

Introduction To The FileConnection API (With Example) v1.1
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.n..._v1_1.zip.html

Getting Started with the FileConnection APIs
http://developers.sun.com/techtopics...ion/index.html

An Overview of the File Connection Optional Package
http://developers.sun.com/techtopics...ion/index.html

The Generic Connection Framework
http://developers.sun.com/techtopics...ork/index.html

Regards
Gopal

[Jason Glass]

booga2, be carefull trying to save a jar, as some device wont let you, security exception...

you can save as jpg, beleieve it or not, then rename to jar after finished dowwnloading, to fake out security, I know this happpens for a fact on a few devices

[booga2]

Hey guys.. thanks for the links.. they kinda helped.. I think something is wrong though.. I call the

private void getRoots() {
Enumeration drives = FileSystemRegistry.listRoots();
System.out.println("The valid roots found are: ");
while(drives.hasMoreElements()) {
String root = (String) drives.nextElement();
System.out.println("\t"+root);
}
}

and my RESULT is
The valid roots found are:
root1/

Then I try and use
public void createFile() {
try {
FileConnection filecon = (FileConnection)
Connector.open("file://root1/readme/", Connector.READ_WRITE);
// Always check whether the file or directory exists.
// Create the file if it doesn't exist.
if(!filecon.exists()) {
filecon.mkdir();
System.out.println("File Created");
}
else{System.out.println("File NOT created");}
filecon.close();
} catch(IOException ioe) {System.out.println(ioe);
}
}

and result is
java.io.IOException: Root is not accessible

even if i interchange filecon.create();

Any suggestions.. All i want to do is retrieve a stream from a server to my midlet and save a file in the midlet.. Who new it would be this hard! if any help it would be greatly appreciated..

[Jason Glass]

your url is referencing a FOLDER called readme, not a file called readme or readme.txt

current:
Connector.open("file://root1/readme/", Connector.READ_WRITE);

change to:
Connector.open("file://root1/readme", Connector.READ_WRITE);

[booga2]

Sorry A little typo.. here
public void createFile() {
try {
FileConnection filecon = (FileConnection)
Connector.open("file:////read.txt", Connector.READ_WRITE);
// Always check whether the file or directory exists.
// Create the file if it doesn't exist.
if(!filecon.exists()) {
filecon.create();
System.out.println("File Created");
}
else{System.out.println("File NOT created");}
filecon.close();
} catch(IOException ioe) {System.out.println(ioe);
}
}


java.io.IOException: Root is not accessible

[juarezjunior]

Hi bogaa2,

Are you sure you're using four (not three) forward slashes in the URL or is it another typo?

Besides, have you checked the Intro to FileConnection tutorial provided by Gopal?

Introduction To The FileConnection API (With Example) v1.1
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw....I_v1_1.zip.html

That tutorial states the following:

Typical URL - file:///C:/Nokia/Images/Image(001).jpg

"The roots of the file system are device-specific and they don’t necessarily correspond to physical memory units since they are logically defined by the device’s operating system. Furthermore, some Nokia devices support virtual roots that are basically links pointing to certain denoted directories. For instance, the location of captured images in a memory card could be located in the file:///e:/Nokia/Images path under the e: root, but additionally there is an Images/ virtual root which points to the actual physical location. This makes it easier to find such locations and also eases the security permissions, given that a MIDlet may have access rights to the Images/ root but not necessarily to the e:/ root. The FileSystemRegistry class provides the listRoots() utility method that returns an enumeration of the roots on the file system. This includes both logical and virtual roots."

[Jason Glass]

and juarez, isnt also true that many devices will not let java write specifically to the root? The java app, has certain directories it is allowed to write, read, iterate, and create delete from?

This is what I am finding.

[booga2]

Yup that is copied right out of my code.. Sorry im fairly new at this J2ME Stuff.. Im writing this code using eclipse.. could that have to do with something being that its just an editor and there really isn't a space for it?

[Jason Glass]

i use netbeans with the ide, and when I exceute or run it, it uses wtk emulator, and i have no problems accessing the file system.

can you run the wtk standalone? i.e. start->programs->wtk->Run MIDP application

browse to where your jar and jad are located

select jad, which will launch emulator

now does your app read and write correctly?

In netbeans, when you use the WTK as a simulator, then netbeans creates it's own copy of the WTK emulator folder

so if i launch the standalone wtk and write a file
it cannot be read from the netbeans wtk emulator and vice versa, they use different paths on my PC for the location of the emulators file system

so take eclipse out of the picture, and see if it works in default WTK

[booga2]

WTK OTA server started ...

Error: Reason = 36



I get when i run it from programs>WTK>RUNAPI

[Jason Glass]

This is working fine for me, the file exists, so it is not created, instead, it is read, and system out'd with a little extra padding at end

public void createFile() 
{
try {
FileConnection filecon = (FileConnection)
Connector.open("file:///root1/readme", Connector.READ_WRITE);
// Always check whether the file or directory exists.
// Create the file if it doesn't exist.
if(!filecon.exists()) {
filecon.mkdir();
System.out.println("File Created");
}
else
{
    System.out.println("File NOT created, it exists");
    InputStream fis = filecon.openInputStream();
    byte[] b = new byte[1024];
    int length = fis.read(b, 0, 1024);
    fis.close();
    System.out.println("File Data:");
    System.out.println(new String(b));
}
filecon.close();
} catch(Exception ioe) {System.out.println(ioe);
}
}

[Jason Glass]

you dont want to run it in OTA mode, dont select "OTA provisioning", select "Run MIDP application"

you should get a dialogue asking for location of your jad files

[booga2]

Hey Thanks .. Ya thats it .. it works running it through WTK.. Sorry the other error was because i didn't deploy the new code :S... I still can't write to root it still says my accessiblility is not allowed but i can create directories in the SDCard directories.. Thanks.. Man that sux i spent along time trying to research that to find out what the hell was wrong Thanks for your help Your Legend!