Environment (OpenIG Project 6.0.3-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultEnvironment, EnvironmentDelegate, GatewayEnvironment, PlatformEnvironment, UnixEnvironment, WindowsEnvironment
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public interface Environment
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Encapsulate logic to access configuration files and other directories of the OpenIG base directory. A typical structure may looks like the following:
```
     
     config/config.json
     scripts/groovy/**.groovy
     tmp/
     
 
```
This interface provides an abstraction over the directory layout to protect against changes of naming, ...

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`File`	`getBaseDirectory()`	Returns the base directory of the OpenIG file system.
`File`	`getConfigDirectory()`	Returns the directory that contains the configuration files.
`File`	`getScriptDirectory(String type)`	Returns the directory that contains the files of the given type.
`File`	`getTempDirectory()`	Returns the temporary directory of OpenIG (where we have read+write permissions).

- Method Detail
  - getBaseDirectory
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File getBaseDirectory()
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    Returns the base directory of the OpenIG file system. It can be used to access resources that are not part of the standard layout.
    
    Returns:
    
    the base directory of the OpenIG file system.
  - getTempDirectory
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File getTempDirectory()
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    Returns the temporary directory of OpenIG (where we have read+write permissions). It usually points to the tmp/ directory.
    
    Returns:
    
    the working directory.
  - getScriptDirectory
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File getScriptDirectory(String type)
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    Returns the directory that contains the files of the given type. It usually points to the scripts/<type>/ directory.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - script's type (could be groovy or js)
    
    Returns:
    
    the scripting directory.
  - getConfigDirectory
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File getConfigDirectory()
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    Returns the directory that contains the configuration files. It usually points to the config/ directory.
    
    Returns:
    
    the configuration directory.