#ifndef File_hpp
#define File_hpp
#include <string>
using namespace std;
// class File
//
// is an abstract class that may be extended to system-specific subclasses,
// to which this class provides an interface to.
//
// Every object represents a file.
//
// Functions:
// * quering name and path to the file.
// * quering its size
// * quering file 'type' (directory, regular file)
class File {
public:
virtual ~File() {};
virtual bool exists() const =0;
// high level enquery mehtods
virtual bool isNavigable() const =0;
// low level enquery methods
virtual bool isDirectory() const =0;
virtual bool isFile() const =0;
virtual string getName() const =0;
virtual string getParent() const =0;
virtual string getFullName() const =0;
virtual long int getSize() const =0;
};
#endif
Documentation generated by mw@nemea on Mit Nov 24 00:09:19 CET 1999