Path (Groovy JDK enhancements)

Package: java.nio.file

## Interface Path

- - ### Methods Summary

    Methods
    Return type | Name and parameters
    --- | ---
    `void` | `append(byte[] bytes)` Append bytes to the end of a Path.
    `void` | `append(InputStream stream)` Append binary data to the file.
    `void` | `append(Reader reader)` Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File.
    `void` | `append(Reader reader, String charset)` Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.
    `void` | `append(Writer writer)` Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File.
    `void` | `append(Writer writer, String charset)` Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.
    `void` | `append(Object text)` Append the text at the end of the Path.
    `void` | `append(Object text, String charset)` Append the text at the end of the Path, using a specified encoding.
    `Object` | `asType(Class c)` Converts this Path to a Writable or delegates to default DefaultGroovyMethods#asType(Object, Class).
    `Path` | `asWritable()` Converts this Path to a Writable.
    `Path` | `asWritable(String encoding)` Allows a file to return a Writable implementation that can output itself to a Writer stream.
    `boolean` | `deleteDir()` Deletes a directory with all contained files and subdirectories.
    `void` | `eachByte(Closure closure)` Traverse through each byte of this Path
    `void` | `eachByte(int bufferLen, Closure closure)` Traverse through the bytes of this Path, bufferLen bytes at a time.
    `void` | `eachDir(Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each subdirectory in this directory, ignoring regular files.
    `void` | `eachDirMatch(Object nameFilter, Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each subdirectory whose name (dir.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method to determine if a match occurs.
    `void` | `eachDirRecurse(Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each descendant directory of this directory.
    `void` | `eachFile(FileType fileType, Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory.
    `void` | `eachFile(Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory.
    `void` | `eachFileMatch(FileType fileType, Object nameFilter, Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each file whose name (file.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method to determine if a match occurs.
    `void` | `eachFileMatch(Object nameFilter, Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each file whose name (file.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method to determine if a match occurs.
    `void` | `eachFileRecurse(FileType fileType, Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each descendant file in this directory.
    `void` | `eachFileRecurse(Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each descendant file in this directory.
    `Object` | `eachLine(Closure closure)` Iterates through this path line by line.
    `Object` | `eachLine(int firstLine, Closure closure)` Iterates through this file line by line.
    `Object` | `eachLine(String charset, Closure closure)` Iterates through this file line by line.
    `Object` | `eachLine(String charset, int firstLine, Closure closure)` Iterates through this file line by line.
    `void` | `eachObject(Closure closure)` Iterates through the given file object by object.
    `Writable` | `filterLine(Closure closure)` Filters the lines of a Path and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.
    `void` | `filterLine(Writer writer, Closure closure)` Filter the lines from this Path, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.
    `void` | `filterLine(Writer writer, String charset, Closure closure)` Filter the lines from this Path, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.
    `Writable` | `filterLine(String charset, Closure closure)` Filters the lines of a Path and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.
    `byte[]` | `getBytes()` Read the content of the Path and returns it as a byte[].
    `String` | `getText()` Read the content of the Path and returns it as a String.
    `String` | `getText(String charset)` Read the content of the Path using the specified encoding and return it as a String.
    `Path` | `leftShift(byte[] bytes)` Write bytes to a Path.
    `Path` | `leftShift(InputStream data)` Append binary data to the file.
    `Path` | `leftShift(Object text)` Write the text to the Path.
    `DataInputStream` | `newDataInputStream()` Create a data input stream for this file
    `DataOutputStream` | `newDataOutputStream()` Creates a new data output stream for this file.
    `BufferedInputStream` | `newInputStream()` Creates a buffered input stream for this file.
    `ObjectInputStream` | `newObjectInputStream()` Create an object input stream for this file.
    `ObjectInputStream` | `newObjectInputStream(ClassLoader classLoader)` Create an object input stream for this path using the given class loader.
    `ObjectOutputStream` | `newObjectOutputStream()` Create an object output stream for this path.
    `BufferedOutputStream` | `newOutputStream()` Create a buffered output stream for this file.
    `PrintWriter` | `newPrintWriter()` Create a new PrintWriter for this file.
    `PrintWriter` | `newPrintWriter(String charset)` Create a new PrintWriter for this file, using specified charset.
    `BufferedReader` | `newReader()` Create a buffered reader for this file.
    `BufferedReader` | `newReader(String charset)` Create a buffered reader for this file, using the specified charset as the encoding.
    `BufferedWriter` | `newWriter()` Create a buffered writer for this file.
    `BufferedWriter` | `newWriter(boolean append)` Creates a buffered writer for this file, optionally appending to the existing file content.
    `BufferedWriter` | `newWriter(String charset)` Creates a buffered writer for this file, writing data using the given encoding.
    `BufferedWriter` | `newWriter(String charset, boolean append)` Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file.
    `byte[]` | `readBytes()` Reads the content of the file into a byte array.
    `List` | `readLines()` Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.
    `List` | `readLines(String charset)` Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.
    `boolean` | `renameTo(String newPathName)` Renames a file.
    `boolean` | `renameTo(URI newPathName)` Renames a file.
    `void` | `setBytes(byte[] bytes)` Write the bytes from the byte array to the Path.
    `void` | `setText(String text)` Synonym for write(text) allowing file.text = 'foo'.
    `void` | `setText(String text, String charset)` Synonym for write(text, charset) allowing:
        myFile.setText('some text', charset)
    or with some help from `ExpandoMetaClass`, you could do something like:
        myFile.metaClass.setText = { String s -> delegate.setText(s, 'UTF-8') }
        myfile.text = 'some text'
    `long` | `size()` Provide the standard Groovy `size()` method for `Path`.
    `Object` | `splitEachLine(String regex, Closure closure)` Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.
    `Object` | `splitEachLine(String regex, String charset, Closure closure)` Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.
    `Object` | `splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, Closure closure)` Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given separator Pattern.
    `Object` | `splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, String charset, Closure closure)` Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern.
    `void` | `traverse(Closure closure)` Invokes the closure for each descendant file in this directory tree.
    `void` | `traverse(Map options)` Invokes the closure specified with key 'visit' in the options Map for each descendant file in this directory tree.
    `void` | `traverse(Map options, Closure closure)` Invokes `closure` for each descendant file in this directory tree.
    `Object` | `withDataInputStream(Closure closure)` Create a new DataInputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.
    `Object` | `withDataOutputStream(Closure closure)` Create a new DataOutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.
    `Object` | `withInputStream(Closure closure)` Create a new InputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.
    `Object` | `withObjectInputStream(Closure closure)` Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file and pass it to the closure.
    `Object` | `withObjectInputStream(ClassLoader classLoader, Closure closure)` Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file associated with the given class loader and pass it to the closure.
    `Object` | `withObjectOutputStream(Closure closure)` Create a new ObjectOutputStream for this path and then pass it to the closure.
    `Object` | `withOutputStream(Closure closure)` Creates a new OutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.
    `Object` | `withPrintWriter(Closure closure)` Create a new PrintWriter for this file which is then passed it into the given closure.
    `Object` | `withPrintWriter(String charset, Closure closure)` Create a new PrintWriter with a specified charset for this file.
    `Object` | `withReader(Closure closure)` Create a new BufferedReader for this file and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.
    `Object` | `withReader(String charset, Closure closure)` Create a new BufferedReader for this file using the specified charset and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.
    `Object` | `withWriter(Closure closure)` Creates a new BufferedWriter for this file, passes it to the closure, and ensures the stream is flushed and closed after the closure returns.
    `Object` | `withWriter(String charset, Closure closure)` Creates a new BufferedWriter for this file, passes it to the closure, and ensures the stream is flushed and closed after the closure returns.
    `Object` | `withWriterAppend(Closure closure)` Create a new BufferedWriter for this file in append mode.
    `Object` | `withWriterAppend(String charset, Closure closure)` Create a new BufferedWriter which will append to this file.
    `void` | `write(String text)` Write the text to the Path.
    `void` | `write(String text, String charset)` Write the text to the Path, using the specified encoding.

  - #### Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

    `numberAwareCompareTo`

  - #### Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

    `any`, `asCollection`, `asList`, `collate`, `collate`, `collate`, `collate`, `collectEntries`, `collectEntries`, `collectEntries`, `collectEntries`, `collectMany`, `collectMany`, `collectNested`, `collectNested`, `combinations`, `combinations`, `contains`, `containsAll`, `count`, `count`, `countBy`, `disjoint`, `drop`, `dropRight`, `dropWhile`, `each`, `eachCombination`, `eachPermutation`, `eachWithIndex`, `every`, `findResults`, `first`, `flatten`, `flatten`, `getAt`, `groupBy`, `groupBy`, `groupBy`, `head`, `indexed`, `indexed`, `init`, `intersect`, `join`, `last`, `max`, `max`, `max`, `min`, `min`, `min`, `minus`, `minus`, `multiply`, `permutations`, `permutations`, `plus`, `plus`, `size`, `sort`, `sort`, `sort`, `sort`, `sort`, `sum`, `sum`, `sum`, `sum`, `tail`, `take`, `takeRight`, `takeWhile`, `toList`, `toSet`, `toSorted`, `toSorted`, `toSorted`, `toSpreadMap`, `toUnique`, `toUnique`, `toUnique`, `withIndex`, `withIndex`

- - ### Methods Detail

    - #### public void append(byte[] bytes)

      Append bytes to the end of a Path.

      Parameters:
        `bytes` - the byte array to append to the end of the Path
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void append(InputStream stream)

      Append binary data to the file. It will not be interpreted as text.

      Parameters:
        `stream` - stream to read data from.
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void append(Reader reader)

      Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File.

      Parameters:
        `reader` - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void append(Reader reader, String charset)

      Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.

      Parameters:
        `reader` - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
        `charset` - the charset used
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void append(Writer writer)

      Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File.

      Parameters:
        `writer` - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void append(Writer writer, String charset)

      Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.

      Parameters:
        `writer` - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
        `charset` - the charset used
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void append(Object text)

      Append the text at the end of the Path.

      Parameters:
        `text` - the text to append at the end of the Path
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void append(Object text, String charset)

      Append the text at the end of the Path, using a specified encoding.

      Parameters:
        `text` - the text to append at the end of the Path
        `charset` - the charset used
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object asType(Class c)

      Converts this Path to a Writable or delegates to default DefaultGroovyMethods#asType(Object, Class).

      Parameters:
        `c` - the desired class
      Returns:
        the converted object
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Path asWritable()

      Converts this Path to a Writable.

      Returns:
        a Path which wraps the input file and which implements Writable
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Path asWritable(String encoding)

      Allows a file to return a Writable implementation that can output itself to a Writer stream.

      Parameters:
        `encoding` - the encoding to be used when reading the file's contents
      Returns:
        Path which wraps the input file and which implements Writable
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public boolean deleteDir()

      Deletes a directory with all contained files and subdirectories.

      The method returns

      - true, when deletion was successful
      - true, when it is called for a non existing directory
      - false, when it is called for a file which isn't a directory
      - false, when directory couldn't be deleted
      Returns:
        true if the file doesn't exist or deletion was successful
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void eachByte(Closure closure)

      Traverse through each byte of this Path

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#eachByte(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void eachByte(int bufferLen, Closure closure)

      Traverse through the bytes of this Path, bufferLen bytes at a time.

      Parameters:
        `bufferLen` - the length of the buffer to use.
        `closure` - a 2 parameter closure which is passed the byte[] and a number of bytes successfully read.
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#eachByte(java.io.InputStream, int, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void eachDir(Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each subdirectory in this directory, ignoring regular files.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure (first parameter is the subdirectory file)
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#eachFile(groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void eachDirMatch(Object nameFilter, Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each subdirectory whose name (dir.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) method to determine if a match occurs. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Only subdirectories are matched; regular files are ignored.

      Parameters:
        `nameFilter` - the nameFilter to perform on the name of the directory (using the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method)
        `closure` - the closure to invoke
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#eachFileMatch(groovy.io.FileType, Object, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void eachDirRecurse(Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each descendant directory of this directory. Sub-directories are recursively searched in a depth-first fashion. Only subdirectories are passed to the closure; regular files are ignored.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#eachFileRecurse(groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void eachFile(FileType fileType, Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory. Both regular files and subfolders/subdirectories can be processed depending on the fileType enum value.

      Parameters:
        `fileType` - if normal files or directories or both should be processed
        `closure` - the closure to invoke
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void eachFile(Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory. Both regular files and subfolders/subdirectories are processed.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure (first parameter is the 'child' file)
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#eachFile(groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void eachFileMatch(FileType fileType, Object nameFilter, Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each file whose name (file.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method to determine if a match occurs. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Both regular files and subdirectories may be candidates for matching depending on the value of fileType.

          // collect names of files in baseDir matching supplied regex pattern
          import static groovy.io.FileType.*
          def names = []
          baseDir.eachFileMatch FILES, ~/foo\d\.txt/, { names << it.name }
          assert names == ['foo1.txt', 'foo2.txt']

          // remove all *.bak files in baseDir
          baseDir.eachFileMatch FILES, ~/.*\.bak/, { Path bak -> bak.delete() }

          // print out files > 4K in size from baseDir
          baseDir.eachFileMatch FILES, { new Path(baseDir, it).size() > 4096 }, { println "$it.name ${it.size()}" }

      Parameters:
        `fileType` - whether normal files or directories or both should be processed
        `nameFilter` - the filter to perform on the name of the file/directory (using the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method)
        `closure` - the closure to invoke
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void eachFileMatch(Object nameFilter, Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each file whose name (file.name) matches the given nameFilter in the given directory - calling the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method to determine if a match occurs. This method can be used with different kinds of filters like regular expressions, classes, ranges etc. Both regular files and subdirectories are matched.

      Parameters:
        `nameFilter` - the nameFilter to perform on the name of the file (using the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method)
        `closure` - the closure to invoke
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#eachFileMatch(groovy.io.FileType, Object, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void eachFileRecurse(FileType fileType, Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each descendant file in this directory. Sub-directories are recursively searched in a depth-first fashion. Both regular files and subdirectories may be passed to the closure depending on the value of fileType.

      Parameters:
        `fileType` - if normal files or directories or both should be processed
        `closure` - the closure to invoke on each file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void eachFileRecurse(Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each descendant file in this directory. Sub-directories are recursively searched in a depth-first fashion. Both regular files and subdirectories are passed to the closure.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#eachFileRecurse(groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object eachLine(Closure closure)

      Iterates through this path line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The file is read using a reader which is closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1)
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#eachLine(int, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object eachLine(int firstLine, Closure closure)

      Iterates through this file line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The file is read using a reader which is closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `firstLine` - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)
        `closure` - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number)
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#eachLine(java.io.Reader, int, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object eachLine(String charset, Closure closure)

      Iterates through this file line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The file is read using a reader which is closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
        `closure` - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1)
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#eachLine(String, int, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object eachLine(String charset, int firstLine, Closure closure)

      Iterates through this file line by line. Each line is passed to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The file is read using a reader which is closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
        `firstLine` - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0)
        `closure` - a closure (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number)
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#eachLine(java.io.Reader, int, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void eachObject(Closure closure)

      Iterates through the given file object by object.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#eachObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Writable filterLine(Closure closure)

      Filters the lines of a Path and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure which returns a boolean indicating to filter the line or not
      Returns:
        a Writable closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#filterLine(java.io.Reader, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void filterLine(Writer writer, Closure closure)

      Filter the lines from this Path, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.

      Parameters:
        `writer` - a writer destination to write filtered lines to
        `closure` - a closure which takes each line as a parameter and returns `true` if the line should be written to this writer.
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#filterLine(java.io.Reader, java.io.Writer, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void filterLine(Writer writer, String charset, Closure closure)

      Filter the lines from this Path, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.

      Parameters:
        `writer` - a writer destination to write filtered lines to
        `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
        `closure` - a closure which takes each line as a parameter and returns `true` if the line should be written to this writer.
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#filterLine(java.io.Reader, java.io.Writer, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Writable filterLine(String charset, Closure closure)

      Filters the lines of a Path and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
        `closure` - a closure which returns a boolean indicating to filter the line or not
      Returns:
        a Writable closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#filterLine(java.io.Reader, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public byte[] getBytes()

      Read the content of the Path and returns it as a byte[].

      Returns:
        a String containing the content of the file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public String getText()

      Read the content of the Path and returns it as a String.

      Returns:
        a String containing the content of the file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public String getText(String charset)

      Read the content of the Path using the specified encoding and return it as a String.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the charset used to read the content of the file
      Returns:
        a String containing the content of the file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Path leftShift(byte[] bytes)

      Write bytes to a Path.

      Parameters:
        `bytes` - the byte array to append to the end of the Path
      Returns:
        the original file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Path leftShift(InputStream data)

      Append binary data to the file. See Path#append(java.io.InputStream)

      Parameters:
        `data` - an InputStream of data to write to the file
      Returns:
        the file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Path leftShift(Object text)

      Write the text to the Path.

      Parameters:
        `text` - the text to write to the Path
      Returns:
        the original file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public DataInputStream newDataInputStream()

      Create a data input stream for this file

      Returns:
        a DataInputStream of the file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public DataOutputStream newDataOutputStream()

      Creates a new data output stream for this file.

      Returns:
        the created DataOutputStream
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public BufferedInputStream newInputStream()

      Creates a buffered input stream for this file.

      Returns:
        a BufferedInputStream of the file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public ObjectInputStream newObjectInputStream()

      Create an object input stream for this file.

      Returns:
        an object input stream
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public ObjectInputStream newObjectInputStream(ClassLoader classLoader)

      Create an object input stream for this path using the given class loader.

      Parameters:
        `classLoader` - the class loader to use when loading the class
      Returns:
        an object input stream
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public ObjectOutputStream newObjectOutputStream()

      Create an object output stream for this path.

      Returns:
        an object output stream
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public BufferedOutputStream newOutputStream()

      Create a buffered output stream for this file.

      Returns:
        the created OutputStream
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public PrintWriter newPrintWriter()

      Create a new PrintWriter for this file.

      Returns:
        the created PrintWriter
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public PrintWriter newPrintWriter(String charset)

      Create a new PrintWriter for this file, using specified charset.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the charset
      Returns:
        a PrintWriter
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public BufferedReader newReader()

      Create a buffered reader for this file.

      Returns:
        a BufferedReader
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public BufferedReader newReader(String charset)

      Create a buffered reader for this file, using the specified charset as the encoding.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the charset for this Path
      Returns:
        a BufferedReader
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public BufferedWriter newWriter()

      Create a buffered writer for this file.

      Returns:
        a BufferedWriter
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public BufferedWriter newWriter(boolean append)

      Creates a buffered writer for this file, optionally appending to the existing file content.

      Parameters:
        `append` - true if data should be appended to the file
      Returns:
        a BufferedWriter
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public BufferedWriter newWriter(String charset)

      Creates a buffered writer for this file, writing data using the given encoding.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the name of the encoding used to write in this file
      Returns:
        a BufferedWriter
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public BufferedWriter newWriter(String charset, boolean append)

      Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE", the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream before the writer is returned.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the name of the encoding used to write in this file
        `append` - true if in append mode
      Returns:
        a BufferedWriter
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public byte[] readBytes()

      Reads the content of the file into a byte array.

      Returns:
        a byte array with the contents of the file.
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public List readLines()

      Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.

      Returns:
        a List of lines
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#readLines(java.io.Reader)

    - #### public List readLines(String charset)

      Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
      Returns:
        a List of lines
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#readLines(java.io.Reader)

    - #### public boolean renameTo(String newPathName)

      Renames a file.

      Parameters:
        `newPathName` - The new pathname for the named file
      Returns:
        `true` if and only if the renaming succeeded; `false` otherwise
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public boolean renameTo(URI newPathName)

      Renames a file.

      Parameters:
        `newPathName` - The new target path specified as a URI object
      Returns:
        `true` if and only if the renaming succeeded; `false` otherwise
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void setBytes(byte[] bytes)

      Write the bytes from the byte array to the Path.

      Parameters:
        `bytes` - the byte[] to write to the file
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void setText(String text)

      Synonym for write(text) allowing file.text = 'foo'.

      Parameters:
        `text` - the text to write to the Path
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#write(String)

    - #### public void setText(String text, String charset)

      Synonym for write(text, charset) allowing:

          myFile.setText('some text', charset)

      or with some help from `ExpandoMetaClass`, you could do something like:

          myFile.metaClass.setText = { String s -> delegate.setText(s, 'UTF-8') }
          myfile.text = 'some text'

      Parameters:
        `charset` - The charset used when writing to the file
        `text` - The text to write to the Path
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#write(String, String)

    - #### public long size()

      Provide the standard Groovy `size()` method for `Path`.

      Returns:
        the file's size (length)
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object splitEachLine(String regex, Closure closure)

      Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the file are closed.

      Parameters:
        `regex` - the delimiting regular expression
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, String, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object splitEachLine(String regex, String charset, Closure closure)

      Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the file are closed.

      Parameters:
        `regex` - the delimiting regular expression
        `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, String, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, Closure closure)

      Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression Pattern. Finally the resources used for processing the file are closed.

      Parameters:
        `pattern` - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, String charset, Closure closure)

      Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the file are closed.

      Parameters:
        `pattern` - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
        `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the last value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void traverse(Closure closure)

      Invokes the closure for each descendant file in this directory tree. Sub-directories are recursively traversed in a depth-first fashion. Convenience method for Path#traverse(java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure) when no options to alter the traversal behavior are required.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - the Closure to invoke on each file/directory and optionally returning a FileVisitResult value which can be used to control subsequent processing
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#traverse(java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void traverse(Map options)

      Invokes the closure specified with key 'visit' in the options Map for each descendant file in this directory tree. Convenience method for Path#traverse(java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure) allowing the 'visit' closure to be included in the options Map rather than as a parameter.

      Parameters:
        `options` - a Map of options to alter the traversal behavior
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        Path#traverse(java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public void traverse(Map options, Closure closure)

      Invokes `closure` for each descendant file in this directory tree. Sub-directories are recursively traversed as found. The traversal can be adapted by providing various options in the `options` Map according to the following keys:

      type
        A FileType enum to determine if normal files or directories or both are processed
      preDir
        A Closure run before each directory is processed and optionally returning a FileVisitResult value which can be used to control subsequent processing.
      preRoot
        A boolean indicating that the 'preDir' closure should be applied at the root level
      postDir
        A Closure run after each directory is processed and optionally returning a FileVisitResult value which can be used to control subsequent processing.
      postRoot
        A boolean indicating that the 'postDir' closure should be applied at the root level
      visitRoot
        A boolean indicating that the given closure should be applied for the root dir (not applicable if the 'type' is set to FileType#FILES)
      maxDepth
        The maximum number of directory levels when recursing (default is -1 which means infinite, set to 0 for no recursion)
      filter
        A filter to perform on traversed files/directories (using the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method). If set, only files/dirs which match are candidates for visiting.
      nameFilter
        A filter to perform on the name of traversed files/directories (using the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method). If set, only files/dirs which match are candidates for visiting. (Must not be set if 'filter' is set)
      excludeFilter
        A filter to perform on traversed files/directories (using the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method). If set, any candidates which match won't be visited.
      excludeNameFilter
        A filter to perform on the names of traversed files/directories (using the DefaultGroovyMethods#isCase(Object, Object) method). If set, any candidates which match won't be visited. (Must not be set if 'excludeFilter' is set)
      sort
        A Closure which if set causes the files and subdirectories for each directory to be processed in sorted order. Note that even when processing only files, the order of visited subdirectories will be affected by this parameter.
      This example prints out file counts and size aggregates for groovy source files within a directory tree:

          def totalSize = 0
          def count = 0
          def sortByTypeThenName = { a, b ->
              a.isFile() != b.isFile() ? a.isFile() <=> b.isFile() : a.name <=> b.name
          }
          rootDir.traverse(
                  type         : FILES,
                  nameFilter   : ~/.*\.groovy/,
                  preDir       : { if (it.name == '.svn') return SKIP_SUBTREE },
                  postDir      : { println "Found $count files in $it.name totalling $totalSize bytes"
                                  totalSize = 0; count = 0 },
                  postRoot     : true
                  sort         : sortByTypeThenName
          ) {it -> totalSize += it.size(); count++ }

      Parameters:
        `options` - a Map of options to alter the traversal behavior
        `closure` - the Closure to invoke on each file/directory and optionally returning a FileVisitResult value which can be used to control subsequent processing
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        DefaultGroovyMethods#sort(java.util.Collection, groovy.lang.Closure)
        FileVisitResult
        FileType

    - #### public Object withDataInputStream(Closure closure)

      Create a new DataInputStream for this file and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object withDataOutputStream(Closure closure)

      Create a new DataOutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object withInputStream(Closure closure)

      Create a new InputStream for this file and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object withObjectInputStream(Closure closure)

      Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file and pass it to the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object withObjectInputStream(ClassLoader classLoader, Closure closure)

      Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file associated with the given class loader and pass it to the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `classLoader` - the class loader to use when loading the class
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object withObjectOutputStream(Closure closure)

      Create a new ObjectOutputStream for this path and then pass it to the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object withOutputStream(Closure closure)

      Creates a new OutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0
      See Also:
        IOGroovyMethods#withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)

    - #### public Object withPrintWriter(Closure closure)

      Create a new PrintWriter for this file which is then passed it into the given closure. This method ensures its the writer is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - the closure to invoke with the PrintWriter
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object withPrintWriter(String charset, Closure closure)

      Create a new PrintWriter with a specified charset for this file. The writer is passed to the closure, and will be closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the charset
        `closure` - the closure to invoke with the PrintWriter
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object withReader(Closure closure)

      Create a new BufferedReader for this file and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object withReader(String charset, Closure closure)

      Create a new BufferedReader for this file using the specified charset and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the charset for this input stream
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object withWriter(Closure closure)

      Creates a new BufferedWriter for this file, passes it to the closure, and ensures the stream is flushed and closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object withWriter(String charset, Closure closure)

      Creates a new BufferedWriter for this file, passes it to the closure, and ensures the stream is flushed and closed after the closure returns. The writer will use the given charset encoding.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the charset used
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object withWriterAppend(Closure closure)

      Create a new BufferedWriter for this file in append mode. The writer is passed to the closure and is closed after the closure returns.

      Parameters:
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public Object withWriterAppend(String charset, Closure closure)

      Create a new BufferedWriter which will append to this file. The writer is passed to the closure and will be closed before this method returns.

      Parameters:
        `charset` - the charset used
        `closure` - a closure
      Returns:
        the value returned by the closure
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void write(String text)

      Write the text to the Path.

      Parameters:
        `text` - the text to write to the Path
      Since:
        2.3.0

    - #### public void write(String text, String charset)

      Write the text to the Path, using the specified encoding.

      Parameters:
        `text` - the text to write to the Path
        `charset` - the charset used
      Since:
        2.3.0