FileUtils

Utility class providing static helper methods for common file operations: name and extension parsing, temporary file and directory creation, file reading and writing, copying, MIME type detection, existence checks, and more. All methods are static.

Name and path utilities

getFileName

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getFileName(String file)	String	Returns the file name without its extension. If no extension is present, returns the original name.

• file: The file name (with or without path).

Example:

package com.openkm;

import com.openkm.util.FileUtils;
import com.openkm.util.PathUtils;
import java.io.File;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            File file = new File("/home/openkm/test.png");
            String docName = PathUtils.getName(file.getPath());
            String baseName = FileUtils.getFileName(docName);
            System.out.println(baseName); // "test"
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

getFileExtension

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getFileExtension(String file)	String	Returns the file extension without the leading dot. Returns an empty string if no extension is present.

• file: The file name (with or without path).

Example:

package com.openkm;

import com.openkm.util.FileUtils;
import com.openkm.util.PathUtils;
import java.io.File;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            File file = new File("/home/openkm/test.png");
            String docName = PathUtils.getName(file.getPath());
            String extension = FileUtils.getFileExtension(docName);
            System.out.println(extension); // "png"
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

getParent

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getParent(String file)	String	Returns the parent directory path of the given file path. Returns the root separator if there is no parent.

Example:

String parent = FileUtils.getParent("/home/openkm/test.png");
System.out.println(parent); // "/home/openkm"

toValidFilename

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
toValidFilename(String filename)	String	Removes characters that are reserved in Windows file names (\ / : " * ? < > |) from the given string.

Example:

String safe = FileUtils.toValidFilename("report: Q1/2024.pdf");
System.out.println(safe); // "report Q12024.pdf"

getFileNameNotDuplicatedInDestinationPath

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getFileNameNotDuplicatedInDestinationPath(String pathFile, String name, String ext)	String	Returns a unique file name in the given directory. If <name>.<ext> already exists it appends a counter: <name>(1).<ext>, <name>(2).<ext>, etc.

• pathFile: The target directory path.
• name: The desired file name without extension.
• ext: The file extension without leading dot.

Example:

String unique = FileUtils.getFileNameNotDuplicatedInDestinationPath("/home/openkm", "report", "pdf");
System.out.println(unique); // "report.pdf" or "report(1).pdf" if already exists

generateUniqueName

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
generateUniqueName(String basename)	String	Generates a unique file name by prepending the current timestamp (yyyyMMddHHmmss) to the given base name.

Example:

String name = FileUtils.generateUniqueName("report.pdf");
System.out.println(name); // e.g. "20240315143022report.pdf"

Temporary file and directory creation

createTempDir

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
createTempDir()	File	Creates and returns a new unique temporary directory using the system temporary directory.

Example:

File tmpDir = FileUtils.createTempDir();
// use tmpDir ...
FileUtils.deleteQuietly(tmpDir);

createTempFile

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
createTempFile()	File	Creates and returns a new unique temporary file with the .tmp extension.

createTempFile (with extension)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
createTempFile(String ext)	File	Creates and returns a new unique temporary file with the specified extension.

• ext: The file extension without leading dot (e.g. "pdf").

createSharedTempFile

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
createSharedTempFile(String ext)	File	Creates a unique temporary file in the shared repository temporary directory (Config.REPOSITORY_TEMP_HOME). Use this in multi-node deployments where a shared file system is required.

createTempFileFromMime

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
createTempFileFromMime(String mimeType)	File	Creates a unique temporary file whose extension is resolved from the MIME type via the OpenKM MIME type registry. Falls back to .bin if the MIME type is not found.

Example:

package com.openkm;

import com.openkm.util.FileUtils;
import java.io.File;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            File tmp = FileUtils.createTempFile("pdf");
            System.out.println("Temp file: " + tmp.getAbsolutePath());

            File tmpFromMime = FileUtils.createTempFileFromMime("application/pdf");
            System.out.println("Temp from mime: " + tmpFromMime.getAbsolutePath());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Directory creation

createDateDir

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
createDateDir(String parent)	File	Creates and returns a yyyy/MM/dd directory structure under the given parent path. The directory is created if it does not already exist.

createDateUserDir

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
createDateUserDir(String parent)	File	Creates and returns a yyyy/MM/dd/<username> directory structure under the given parent path, where the username is the currently authenticated user.

Example:

File dateDir = FileUtils.createDateDir("/home/openkm/uploads");
System.out.println(dateDir.getAbsolutePath()); // e.g. "/home/openkm/uploads/2024/03/15"

File reading and writing

readFileToByteArray

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
readFileToByteArray(File file)	byte[]	Reads the entire content of a file into a byte array.

readFileToString

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
readFileToString(File file)	String	Reads the entire content of a file into a String using UTF-8 encoding.

readLines

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
readLines(File file)	List	Reads a file into a list of lines using UTF-8 encoding.

writeStringToFile

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
writeStringToFile(File file, String data)	void	Writes a String to a file using UTF-8 encoding, creating or overwriting the file.

Example:

package com.openkm;

import com.openkm.util.FileUtils;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            File tmp = FileUtils.createTempFile("txt");
            FileUtils.writeStringToFile(tmp, "Hello, OpenKM!\nLine 2");

            String content = FileUtils.readFileToString(tmp);
            System.out.println(content);

            List<String> lines = FileUtils.readLines(tmp);
            System.out.println("Lines: " + lines.size());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Copy operations

copy (InputStream to File)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
copy(InputStream input, File output)	void	Copies the content of an InputStream to a file.

copy (Reader to File)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
copy(Reader input, File output)	void	Copies the content of a Reader to a file using UTF-8 encoding.

copy (File to OutputStream)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
copy(File input, OutputStream output)	void	Copies a file to an OutputStream.

copy (File to File)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
copy(File input, File output)	void	Copies a file to another file location.

Example:

package com.openkm;

import com.openkm.util.FileUtils;
import java.io.*;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            File source = new File("/home/openkm/source.pdf");
            File dest = FileUtils.createTempFile("pdf");
            FileUtils.copy(source, dest);

            // Stream version
            InputStream is = new FileInputStream(source);
            File dest2 = FileUtils.createTempFile("pdf");
            FileUtils.copy(is, dest2);
            is.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Delete operations

deleteQuietly

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
deleteQuietly(File file)	boolean	Deletes a file or directory recursively without throwing exceptions. Returns true if the file was deleted successfully.

cleanDirectory

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
cleanDirectory(File dir)	void	Deletes all files and subdirectories within a directory, leaving the directory itself in place.

deleteEmpty

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
deleteEmpty(File file)	void	Deletes the directory only if it is empty. Does nothing if the path is not a directory or is not empty.

secureDelete

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
secureDelete(File file)	boolean	Overwrites the file with random bytes before deleting it, reducing the chance of data recovery. Returns true if the file was deleted.

Example:

File tmp = FileUtils.createTempFile("pdf");
// ... write sensitive data to tmp ...
boolean deleted = FileUtils.secureDelete(tmp);
System.out.println("Securely deleted: " + deleted);

Existence checks

existFile

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
existFile(String file)	boolean	Returns true if the given path exists and is a regular file.

existFile (File)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
existFile(File file)	boolean	Returns true if the given File exists and is a regular file.

existDirectory

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
existDirectory(String dir)	boolean	Returns true if the given path exists and is a directory.

existDirectory (File)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
existDirectory(File dir)	boolean	Returns true if the given File exists and is a directory.

Example:

if (FileUtils.existFile("/home/openkm/config.properties")) {
    System.out.println("Config file found");
}
if (FileUtils.existDirectory("/home/openkm/data")) {
    System.out.println("Data directory exists");
}

File listing and counting

listFiles

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
listFiles(File dir, String[] extensions, boolean recursive)	Collection	Lists files in a directory filtered by extension. Pass null for extensions to list all files.

• dir: The directory to search.
• extensions: Array of extensions to filter (without dots, e.g. {"pdf", "docx"}), or null for all.
• recursive: Whether to include subdirectories.

Example:

import java.util.Collection;
import java.io.File;
import com.openkm.util.FileUtils;

Collection<File> pdfs = FileUtils.listFiles(new File("/home/openkm/docs"), new String[]{"pdf"}, true);
System.out.println("PDF files found: " + pdfs.size());

countFiles

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
countFiles(File dir)	int	Recursively counts all files and directories within the given directory.

MIME type detection

getMimeType (InputStream)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getMimeType(InputStream is)	String	Detects the MIME type from the magic bytes of the stream using Apache Tika. Returns null for unknown types instead of application/octet-stream.

getMimeType (File)

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getMimeType(File file)	String	Detects the MIME type of a file from its magic bytes using Apache Tika. Returns null for unknown types.

getMediaType

Description:

Method	Return values	Description
getMediaType(String mimeType)	MediaType	Converts a MIME type string (e.g. "application/pdf") to a Spring MediaType object. Returns MediaType.ALL if the string does not contain a /.

Example:

package com.openkm;

import com.openkm.util.FileUtils;
import java.io.File;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            File file = new File("/home/openkm/document.pdf");
            String mime = FileUtils.getMimeType(file);
            System.out.println("MIME type: " + mime); // "application/pdf"
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}