net.sf.tweety.commons.util

Class Exec

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.commons.util.Exec

public class Exec
extends Object

This class contains static methods for accessing other executable files.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Exec()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	invokeExecutable(String commandline) Executes the given command on the commandline and returns the complete output.
static String	invokeExecutable(String commandline, long maxLines) Executes the given command on the commandline and returns the output up to a given number of lines.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Exec

public Exec()

Method Detail

invokeExecutable

public static String invokeExecutable(String commandline)
                               throws IOException,
                                      InterruptedException

Executes the given command on the commandline and returns the complete output.

Parameters:

commandline - some command

Returns:

the output of the execution

Throws:

IOException - of an error was encountered.

InterruptedException

invokeExecutable

public static String invokeExecutable(String commandline,
                                      long maxLines)
                               throws IOException,
                                      InterruptedException

Executes the given command on the commandline and returns the output up to a given number of lines.

Parameters:

commandline - some command

maxLines - the maximum number of lines to be read (the process is killed afterwards)

Returns:

the output of the execution

Throws:

IOException - of an error was encountered.

InterruptedException