CreateDirectoryTreeInJava

Purpose:

Solve the problem of heavily nested paths when using MKCOL to create a directory structure with WebDAV.

i.e. store a file under /COMPANYA/2006/08/test.file requires multiple MKCOL commands as Slide needs the parent tree to exist before creating children.

Below is a java method that takes a jakarta WebdavResource and the path (such as "/COMPANYA/2006/08/") and creates the entire tree structure.

• private static String mkallcol(WebdavResource wdr, String path) throws Exception{

  • if (path != null){

    • if (path.length() > 1){

      • path.replace('\\','/'); //Now, break up path

        java.util.StringTokenizer t = new java.util.StringTokenizer(path,"/"); String strsub = "/"; int count = t.countTokens(); //check each token EXCEPT last token, last token is filename

      while ((t.hasMoreTokens()) && (count > 1)){

      • strsub = strsub + t.nextToken() + "/";
        • wdr.mkcolMethod(wdr.getPath() + strsub);
        count--;
      • } return wdr.getPath() + strsub + t.nextToken();
      }else{
      • return "";
      }
    }else{
    • return "";
    }
  }