/*
@author David Westgate, Rylan Doherty
@fileOverview The Input/Output functions of firerecord. Setting Path, creating files, and reading files
*/
var io = {
/*
@description sets the paths of the script
@return path of script selected
@see Mozilla Developer Network Example
*/
openPath: function () {
const
nsIFilePicker = Components.interfaces.nsIFilePicker;
var fp = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/filepicker;1"].createInstance(nsIFilePicker);
fp.init(window, "Dialog Title", nsIFilePicker.modeOpen);
fp.appendFilters(nsIFilePicker.filterAll | nsIFilePicker.filterText);
var rv = fp.show();
if (rv == nsIFilePicker.returnOK || rv == nsIFilePicker.returnReplace) {
var file = fp.file;
// Get the path as string. Note that you usually won't
// need to work with the string paths.
var path = fp.file.path;
// work with returned nsILocalFile...
}
return path;
},
/*
@description appends script by contents of event click
@see Mozilla Developer Network Example
*/
appendPath: function (path, contents) {
alert("appended File");
var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
file.initWithPath(path);
// alert("append file nullcheck: "+file1.toString());
var foStream = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/file-output-stream;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIFileOutputStream);
// use 0x02 | 0x10 to open file for appending.
foStream.init(file, 0x02 | 0x10, 438, 0);
var converter = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/converter-output-stream;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIConverterOutputStream);
converter.init(foStream, "UTF-8", 0, 0);
converter.writeString(contents);
converter.close();
},
/*
@description sets path to address of a new file
@return path of new file
@see Mozilla Developer Network Example
*/
newPath: function (path) {
const
nsIFilePicker = Components.interfaces.nsIFilePicker;
var fp = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/filepicker;1"].createInstance(nsIFilePicker);
fp.init(window, "Dialog Title", nsIFilePicker.modeSave);
fp.appendFilters(nsIFilePicker.filterAll | nsIFilePicker.filterText);
var rv = fp.show();
if (rv == nsIFilePicker.returnOK || rv == nsIFilePicker.returnReplace) {
var file = fp.file;
// Get the path as string. Note that you usually won't
// need to work with the string paths.
var path = fp.file.path;
// work with returned nsILocalFile...
}
return path;
},
/*
@description creates new file from path of newPath
@see Mozilla Developer Network Example
*/
createFile: function (path) {
alert("created File");
var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
file.initWithPath(path);
var foStream = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/file-output-stream;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIFileOutputStream);
// use 0x02 | 0x10 to open file for appending.
foStream.init(file, 0x02 | 0x08 | 0x20, 438, 0);
var converter = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/intl/converter-output-stream;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIConverterOutputStream);
converter.init(foStream, "UTF-8", 0, 0);
converter.close(); // this closes foStream
},
/*
@description gets an entire script into an array, seperated by lines
@return array of lines
@see Mozilla Developer Network Example
*/
getScript: function (path) {
// open an input stream from file
var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
file.initWithPath(path);
var istream = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/file-input-stream;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIFileInputStream);
istream.init(file, 0x01, 0444, 0);
istream.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsILineInputStream);
// read lines into array
var line = {}, lines = [],
hasmore;
do {
hasmore = istream.readLine(line);
lines.push(line.value);
} while (hasmore);
istream.close();
return lines;
}
}