becker.util
Class Utilities

java.lang.Object
  becker.util.Utilities

public class Utilities
extends Object

Useful utility methods. Many of these are here to avoid exceptions until we're ready to understand them.

Author:

Byron Weber Becker

Constructor Summary

Utilities()

Method Summary

static URL	getRelativeURL(String relativePath) Construct a URL relative to the program's working directory.
static void	sleep(long milliseconds) Sleep (pause the program) for the specified number of milliseconds (a millisecond is 1/1000 of a second -- to sleep for one second, pass 1000 as a parameter).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Utilities

public Utilities()

Method Detail

sleep

public static void sleep(long milliseconds)

Sleep (pause the program) for the specified number of milliseconds (a millisecond is 1/1000 of a second -- to sleep for one second, pass 1000 as a parameter).

Parameters:

milliseconds - How many milliseconds to sleep.

getRelativeURL

public static URL getRelativeURL(String relativePath)

Construct a URL relative to the program's working directory. For example, if the current working directory for the program (likely the directory containing the program's class files) is "C:/myPrograms/" then getRelativeURL("ringin.wav") returns "file:///C:/myPrograms/ringin.wav" and getRelativeURL("../clips/ringin.wav") returns "file:///C:/clips/ringin.wav".

Parameters:

relativePath - The relative path to the desired resource

Returns:

a URL