net.sf.jabref.external

Class AccessLinksForEntries

java.lang.Object

net.sf.jabref.external.AccessLinksForEntries

public class AccessLinksForEntries
extends java.lang.Object

This class handles the task of looking up all external files linked for a set of entries. This is useful for tasks where the user wants e.g. to send a database with external files included.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	AccessLinksForEntries.SaveWithLinkedFiles

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AccessLinksForEntries()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	copyExternalLinksToDirectory(java.util.List<FileListEntry> files, java.io.File toDir, MetaData metaData, javax.swing.JProgressBar prog, boolean deleteOriginalFiles, java.awt.event.ActionListener callback) Take a list of external links and copy the referred files to a given directory.
static java.util.List<FileListEntry>	getExternalLinksForEntries(java.util.List<BibtexEntry> entries) Look up all external files linked from (at least) one of the entries in a set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AccessLinksForEntries

public AccessLinksForEntries()

Method Detail

getExternalLinksForEntries

public static java.util.List<FileListEntry> getExternalLinksForEntries(java.util.List<BibtexEntry> entries)

Look up all external files linked from (at least) one of the entries in a set. This method does not verify the links.

Parameters:

entries - The set of entries.

Returns:

A list of FileListEntry objects pointing to the external files.

copyExternalLinksToDirectory

public static void copyExternalLinksToDirectory(java.util.List<FileListEntry> files,
                                                java.io.File toDir,
                                                MetaData metaData,
                                                javax.swing.JProgressBar prog,
                                                boolean deleteOriginalFiles,
                                                java.awt.event.ActionListener callback)

Take a list of external links and copy the referred files to a given directory. This method should be run off the Event Dispatch Thread. A progress bar, if given, will be updated on the EDT.

Parameters:

files - The list of file links.

toDir - The directory to copy the files to.

metaData - The MetaData for the database containing the external links. This is needed because the database might have its own file directory.

prog - A JProgressBar which will be updated to show the progress of the process. This argument can be null if no progress bar is needed.

deleteOriginalFiles - if true, the files in their original locations will be deleted after copying, for each file whose source directory is different from the destination directory differs.

callback - An ActionListener which should be notified when the process is finished. This parameter can be null if no callback is needed.