Package org.apache.groovy.nio.extensions

# Class NioExtensions

java.lang.Object
org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport
org.apache.groovy.nio.extensions.NioExtensions

public class NioExtensions extends DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport
This class defines new groovy methods for Readers, Writers, InputStreams and OutputStreams which appear on normal JDK classes inside the Groovy environment. Static methods are used with the first parameter being the destination class, i.e. `public static T eachLine(InputStream self, Closure c)` provides a `eachLine(Closure c)` method for `InputStream`.

NOTE: While this class contains many 'public' static methods, it is primarily regarded as an internal class (its internal package name suggests this also). We value backwards compatibility of these methods when used within Groovy but value less backwards compatibility at the Java method call level. I.e. future versions of Groovy may remove or move a method call in this file but would normally aim to keep the method available from within Groovy.

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `NioExtensions()`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static void`
  `append(Path self, byte[] bytes)`
  Append bytes to the end of a Path.
  `static void`
  `append(Path self, InputStream stream)`
  Append binary data to the file.
  `static void`
  `append(Path file, Reader reader)`
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM.
  `static void`
  `append(Path file, Reader reader, boolean writeBom)`
  Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.
  `static void`
  `append(Path file, Reader reader, String charset)`
  Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
  `static void`
  `append(Path file, Reader reader, String charset, boolean writeBom)`
  Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.
  `static void`
  `append(Path file, Writer writer)`
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM.
  `static void`
  `append(Path file, Writer writer, boolean writeBom)`
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.
  `static void`
  `append(Path file, Writer writer, String charset)`
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
  `static void`
  `append(Path file, Writer writer, String charset, boolean writeBom)`
  Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File, using a specified encoding.
  `static void`
  `append(Path self, Object text)`
  Append the text at the end of the Path without writing a BOM.
  `static void`
  `append(Path self, Object text, boolean writeBom)`
  Append the text at the end of the Path.
  `static void`
  `append(Path self, Object text, String charset)`
  Append the text at the end of the Path without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
  `static void`
  `append(Path self, Object text, String charset, boolean writeBom)`
  Append the text at the end of the Path, using a specified encoding.
  `static <T> T`
  `asType(Path path, Class<T> c)`
  Converts this Path to a `Writable` or delegates to default `DefaultGroovyMethods.asType(Object, Class)`.
  `static Path`
  `asWritable(Path self)`
  Converts this Path to a `Writable`.
  `static Path`
  `asWritable(Path self, String encoding)`
  Allows a file to return a Writable implementation that can output itself to a Writer stream.
  `static Path`
  `createParentDirectories(Path self, FileAttribute<?>... attrs)`
  Creates, if needed, any parent directories for the file associated with this Path.
  `static boolean`
  `deleteDir(Path self)`
  Deletes a directory with all contained files and subdirectories.
  `static void`
  `eachByte(Path self, int bufferLen, Closure closure)`
  Traverse through the bytes of this Path, bufferLen bytes at a time.
  `static void`
  `eachByte(Path self, Closure closure)`
  Traverse through each byte of this Path
  `static void`
  `eachDir(Path self, Closure closure)`
  Invokes the closure for each subdirectory in this directory, ignoring regular files.
  `static void`
  `eachDirMatch(Path self, 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.
  `static void`
  `eachDirRecurse(Path self, Closure closure)`
  Recursively processes each descendant subdirectory in this directory.
  `static void`
  `eachFile(Path self, FileType fileType, Closure closure)`
  Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory.
  `static void`
  `eachFile(Path self, Closure closure)`
  Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory.
  `static void`
  `eachFileMatch(Path self, 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.
  `static void`
  `eachFileMatch(Path self, 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.
  `static void`
  `eachFileRecurse(Path self, FileType fileType, Closure closure)`
  Processes each descendant file in this directory and any sub-directories.
  `static void`
  `eachFileRecurse(Path self, Closure closure)`
  Processes each descendant file in this directory and any sub-directories.
  `static <T> T`
  `eachLine(Path self, int firstLine, Closure<T> closure)`
  Iterates through this file line by line.
  `static <T> T`
  `eachLine(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Iterates through this path line by line.
  `static <T> T`
  `eachLine(Path self, String charset, int firstLine, Closure<T> closure)`
  Iterates through this file line by line.
  `static <T> T`
  `eachLine(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> closure)`
  Iterates through this file line by line.
  `static void`
  `eachObject(Path self, Closure closure)`
  Iterates through the given file object by object.
  `static Writable`
  `filterLine(Path self, Closure closure)`
  Filters the lines of a Path and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.
  `static void`
  `filterLine(Path self, Writer writer, Closure closure)`
  Filter the lines from this Path, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.
  `static void`
  `filterLine(Path self, 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.
  `static Writable`
  `filterLine(Path self, String charset, Closure closure)`
  Filters the lines of a Path and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.
  `static byte[]`
  `getBytes(Path self)`
  Read the content of the Path and returns it as a byte[].
  `static String`
  `getText(Path self)`
  Read the content of the Path and returns it as a String.
  `static String`
  `getText(Path self, String charset)`
  Read the content of the Path using the specified encoding and return it as a String.
  `static Path`
  `leftShift(Path self, byte[] bytes)`
  Write bytes to a Path.
  `static Path`
  `leftShift(Path path, InputStream data)`
  Append binary data to the file.
  `static Path`
  `leftShift(Path self, Object text)`
  Write the text to the Path.
  `static DataInputStream`
  `newDataInputStream(Path self)`
  Create a data input stream for this file
  `static DataOutputStream`
  `newDataOutputStream(Path self)`
  Creates a new data output stream for this file.
  `static BufferedInputStream`
  `newInputStream(Path self)`
  Creates a buffered input stream for this file.
  `static ObjectInputStream`
  `newObjectInputStream(Path self)`
  Create an object input stream for this file.
  `static ObjectInputStream`
  `newObjectInputStream(Path self, ClassLoader classLoader)`
  Create an object input stream for this path using the given class loader.
  `static ObjectOutputStream`
  `newObjectOutputStream(Path self)`
  Create an object output stream for this path.
  `static BufferedOutputStream`
  `newOutputStream(Path self)`
  Create a buffered output stream for this file.
  `static PrintWriter`
  `newPrintWriter(Path self)`
  Create a new PrintWriter for this file.
  `static PrintWriter`
  `newPrintWriter(Path self, String charset)`
  Create a new PrintWriter for this file, using specified charset.
  `static BufferedReader`
  `newReader(Path self)`
  Create a buffered reader for this file.
  `static BufferedReader`
  `newReader(Path self, String charset)`
  Create a buffered reader for this file, using the specified charset as the encoding.
  `static BufferedWriter`
  `newWriter(Path self)`
  Create a buffered writer for this file.
  `static BufferedWriter`
  `newWriter(Path self, boolean append)`
  Creates a buffered writer for this file, optionally appending to the existing file content.
  `static BufferedWriter`
  `newWriter(Path self, String charset)`
  Creates a buffered writer for this file without writing a BOM, writing data using the given encoding.
  `static BufferedWriter`
  `newWriter(Path self, String charset, boolean append)`
  Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file without writing a BOM.
  `static BufferedWriter`
  `newWriter(Path self, String charset, boolean append, boolean writeBom)`
  Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file.
  `static byte[]`
  `readBytes(Path self)`
  Reads the content of the file into a byte array.
  `static List<String>`
  `readLines(Path self)`
  Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.
  `static List<String>`
  `readLines(Path self, String charset)`
  Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.
  `static boolean`
  `renameTo(Path self, String newPathName)`
  Renames a file.
  `static boolean`
  `renameTo(Path self, URI newPathName)`
  Renames a file.
  `static void`
  `setBytes(Path self, byte[] bytes)`
  Write the bytes from the byte array to the Path.
  `static void`
  `setText(Path self, String text)`
  Synonym for write(text) allowing file.text = 'foo'.
  `static void`
  `setText(Path self, String text, String charset)`
  Synonym for write(text, charset) allowing:
  `static long`
  `size(Path self)`
  Provide the standard Groovy `size()` method for `Path`.
  `static <T> T`
  `splitEachLine(Path self, String regex, Closure<T> closure)`
  Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.
  `static <T> T`
  `splitEachLine(Path self, String regex, String charset, Closure<T> closure)`
  Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.
  `static <T> T`
  `splitEachLine(Path self, Pattern pattern, Closure<T> closure)`
  Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given separator Pattern.
  `static <T> T`
  `splitEachLine(Path self, Pattern pattern, String charset, Closure<T> closure)`
  Iterates through this file line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern.
  `static void`
  `traverse(Path self, Closure closure)`
  Processes each descendant file in this directory and any sub-directories.
  `static void`
  `traverse(Path self, Map<String,Object> options)`
  Invokes the closure specified with key 'visit' in the options Map for each descendant file in this directory tree.
  `static void`
  `traverse(Path self, Map<String,Object> options, Closure closure)`
  Processes each descendant file in this directory and any sub-directories.
  `static <T> T`
  `withCloseable(Closeable self, Closure<T> action)`
  Deprecated.
  `static <T> T`
  `withDataInputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new DataInputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.
  `static <T> T`
  `withDataOutputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new DataOutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.
  `static <T> T`
  `withInputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new InputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.
  `static <T> T`
  `withObjectInputStream(Path path, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file and pass it to the closure.
  `static <T> T`
  `withObjectInputStream(Path self, ClassLoader classLoader, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new ObjectInputStream for this file associated with the given class loader and pass it to the closure.
  `static <T> T`
  `withObjectOutputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new ObjectOutputStream for this path and then pass it to the closure.
  `static <T> T`
  `withOutputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Creates a new OutputStream for this file and passes it into the closure.
  `static <T> T`
  `withPrintWriter(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new PrintWriter for this file which is then passed it into the given closure.
  `static <T> T`
  `withPrintWriter(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new PrintWriter with a specified charset for this file.
  `static <T> T`
  `withReader(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new BufferedReader for this file and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.
  `static <T> T`
  `withReader(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> 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.
  `static <T> T`
  `withWriter(Path self, Closure<T> 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.
  `static <T> T`
  `withWriter(Path self, String charset, boolean writeBom, Closure<T> 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.
  `static <T> T`
  `withWriter(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> 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.
  `static <T> T`
  `withWriterAppend(Path self, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new BufferedWriter for this file in append mode.
  `static <T> T`
  `withWriterAppend(Path self, String charset, boolean writeBom, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new BufferedWriter which will append to this file.
  `static <T> T`
  `withWriterAppend(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> closure)`
  Create a new BufferedWriter which will append to this file.
  `static void`
  `write(Path self, String text)`
  Write the text to the Path without writing a BOM .
  `static void`
  `write(Path self, String text, boolean writeBom)`
  Write the text to the Path.
  `static void`
  `write(Path self, String text, String charset)`
  Write the text to the Path without writing a BOM, using the specified encoding.
  `static void`
  `write(Path self, String text, String charset, boolean writeBom)`
  Write the text to the Path, using the specified encoding.

  ### Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethodsSupport

  `cloneSimilarCollection, cloneSimilarMap, closeQuietly, closeWithWarning, createSimilarArray, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarCollection, createSimilarList, createSimilarMap, createSimilarOrDefaultCollection, createSimilarQueue, createSimilarSet, normaliseIndex, sameType, subListBorders, subListBorders, subListRange, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired, writeUTF16BomIfRequired`

  ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### NioExtensions

    public NioExtensions()

- ## Method Details

  - ### size

    public static long size(Path self) throws IOException
    Provide the standard Groovy `size()` method for `Path`.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a `Path` object
    Returns:
      the file's size (length)
    Throws:
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newObjectOutputStream

    public static ObjectOutputStream newObjectOutputStream(Path self) throws IOException
    Create an object output stream for this path.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a `Path` object
    Returns:
      an object output stream
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withObjectOutputStream

    public static <T> T withObjectOutputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### newObjectInputStream

    public static ObjectInputStream newObjectInputStream(Path self) throws IOException
    Create an object input stream for this file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a `Path` object
    Returns:
      an object input stream
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newObjectInputStream

    public static ObjectInputStream newObjectInputStream(Path self, ClassLoader classLoader) throws IOException
    Create an object input stream for this path using the given class loader.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a `Path` object
      `classLoader` - the class loader to use when loading the class
    Returns:
      an object input stream
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### eachObject

    public static void eachObject(Path self, Closure closure) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
    Iterates through the given file object by object.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a `Path` object
      `closure` - a closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
      `ClassNotFoundException` - if the class is not found.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.eachObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### withObjectInputStream

    public static <T> T withObjectInputStream(Path path, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `path` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### withObjectInputStream

    public static <T> T withObjectInputStream(Path self, ClassLoader classLoader, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `classLoader` - the class loader to use when loading the class
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachLine

    public static <T> T eachLine(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `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
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `eachLine(Path, int, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachLine

    public static <T> T eachLine(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `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
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `eachLine(Path, String, int, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachLine

    public static <T> T eachLine(Path self, int firstLine, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `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
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.eachLine(java.io.Reader, int, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachLine

    public static <T> T eachLine(Path self, String charset, int firstLine, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `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
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.eachLine(java.io.Reader, int, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### splitEachLine

    public static <T> T splitEachLine(Path self, String regex, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `regex` - the delimiting regular expression
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the last value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
      `PatternSyntaxException` - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, String, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### splitEachLine

    public static <T> T splitEachLine(Path self, Pattern pattern, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `pattern` - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the last value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### splitEachLine

    public static <T> T splitEachLine(Path self, String regex, String charset, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `regex` - the delimiting regular expression
      `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the last value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
      `PatternSyntaxException` - if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, String, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### splitEachLine

    public static <T> T splitEachLine(Path self, Pattern pattern, String charset, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `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
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.splitEachLine(java.io.Reader, java.util.regex.Pattern, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### readLines

    public static List<String> readLines(Path self) throws IOException
    Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      a List of lines
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.readLines(java.io.Reader)`

  - ### readLines

    public static List<String> readLines(Path self, String charset) throws IOException
    Reads the file into a list of Strings, with one item for each line.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - opens the file with a specified charset
    Returns:
      a List of lines
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.readLines(java.io.Reader)`

  - ### getText

    public static String getText(Path self, String charset) throws IOException
    Read the content of the Path using the specified encoding and return it as a String.
    Parameters:
      `self` - the file whose content we want to read
      `charset` - the charset used to read the content of the file
    Returns:
      a String containing the content of the file
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### getText

    public static String getText(Path self) throws IOException
    Read the content of the Path and returns it as a String.
    Parameters:
      `self` - the file whose content we want to read
    Returns:
      a String containing the content of the file
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### getBytes

    public static byte[] getBytes(Path self) throws IOException
    Read the content of the Path and returns it as a byte[].
    Parameters:
      `self` - the file whose content we want to read
    Returns:
      a String containing the content of the file
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### setBytes

    public static void setBytes(Path self, byte[] bytes) throws IOException
    Write the bytes from the byte array to the Path.
    Parameters:
      `self` - the file to write to
      `bytes` - the byte[] to write to the file
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### write

    public static void write(Path self, String text) throws IOException
    Write the text to the Path without writing a BOM .
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to write to the Path
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### write

    public static void write(Path self, String text, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Write the text to the Path. If the default charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias) and `writeBom` is `true`, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to write to the Path
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### setText

    public static void setText(Path self, String text) throws IOException
    Synonym for write(text) allowing file.text = 'foo'.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to write to the Path
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `write(Path, String)`

  - ### setText

    public static void setText(Path self, String text, String charset) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - A Path
      `charset` - The charset used when writing to the file
      `text` - The text to write to the Path
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `write(Path, String, String)`

  - ### leftShift

    public static Path leftShift(Path self, Object text) throws IOException
    Write the text to the Path.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to write to the Path
    Returns:
      the original file
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### leftShift

    public static Path leftShift(Path self, byte[] bytes) throws IOException
    Write bytes to a Path.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `bytes` - the byte array to append to the end of the Path
    Returns:
      the original file
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### leftShift

    public static Path leftShift(Path path, InputStream data) throws IOException
    Append binary data to the file. See `append(Path, java.io.InputStream)`
    Parameters:
      `path` - a Path
      `data` - an InputStream of data to write to the file
    Returns:
      the file
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### write

    public static void write(Path self, String text, String charset) throws IOException
    Write the text to the Path without writing a BOM, using the specified encoding.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to write to the Path
      `charset` - the charset used
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### write

    public static void write(Path self, String text, String charset, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Write the text to the Path, using the specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias) and `writeBom` is `true`, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to write to the Path
      `charset` - the charset used
      `writeBom` - whether to write a BOM
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path self, Object text) throws IOException
    Append the text at the end of the Path without writing a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to append at the end of the Path
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path file, Reader reader) throws IOException
    Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `file` - a Path
      `reader` - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path file, Writer writer) throws IOException
    Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `file` - a File
      `writer` - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path self, byte[] bytes) throws IOException
    Append bytes to the end of a Path. It will not be interpreted as text.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `bytes` - the byte array to append to the end of the Path
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path self, InputStream stream) throws IOException
    Append binary data to the file. It will not be interpreted as text.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `stream` - stream to read data from.
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path self, Object text, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Append the text at the end of the Path. If the default charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias) and `writeBom` is `true`, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to append at the end of the Path
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path self, Object text, String charset) throws IOException
    Append the text at the end of the Path without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to append at the end of the Path
      `charset` - the charset used
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path self, Object text, String charset, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Append the text at the end of the Path, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), `writeBom` is `true`, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `text` - the text to append at the end of the Path
      `charset` - the charset used
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path file, Writer writer, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), `writeBom` is `true`, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
    Parameters:
      `file` - a File
      `writer` - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path file, Writer writer, String charset) throws IOException
    Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
    Parameters:
      `file` - a File
      `writer` - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
      `charset` - the charset used
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path file, Writer writer, String charset, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Append the text supplied by the Writer at the end of the File, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), `writeBom` is `true`, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
    Parameters:
      `file` - a File
      `writer` - the Writer supplying the text to append at the end of the File
      `charset` - the charset used
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path file, Reader reader, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), `writeBom` is `true`, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
    Parameters:
      `file` - a File
      `reader` - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path file, Reader reader, String charset) throws IOException
    Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File without writing a BOM, using a specified encoding.
    Parameters:
      `file` - a File
      `reader` - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
      `charset` - the charset used
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### append

    public static void append(Path file, Reader reader, String charset, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Append the text supplied by the Reader at the end of the File, using a specified encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), `writeBom` is `true`, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the file before the text is appended.
    Parameters:
      `file` - a File
      `reader` - the Reader supplying the text to append at the end of the File
      `charset` - the charset used
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### eachFile

    public static void eachFile(Path self, FileType fileType, Closure closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `fileType` - if normal files or directories or both should be processed
      `closure` - the closure to invoke
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### eachFile

    public static void eachFile(Path self, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Invokes the closure for each 'child' file in this 'parent' folder/directory. Both regular files and subfolders/subdirectories are processed.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `closure` - a closure (the parameter is the Path for the 'child' file)
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `eachFile(Path, groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachDir

    public static void eachDir(Path self, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Invokes the closure for each subdirectory in this directory, ignoring regular files.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `closure` - a closure (the parameter is the Path for the subdirectory file)
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `eachFile(Path, groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachFileRecurse

    public static void eachFileRecurse(Path self, FileType fileType, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Processes each descendant file in this directory and any sub-directories. Processing consists of potentially calling `closure` passing it the current file (which may be a normal file or subdirectory) and then if a subdirectory was encountered, recursively processing the subdirectory. Whether the closure is called is determined by whether the file was a normal file or subdirectory and the value of fileType.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `fileType` - if normal files or directories or both should be processed
      `closure` - the closure to invoke on each file
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### traverse

    public static void traverse(Path self, Map<String,Object> options, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Processes each descendant file in this directory and any sub-directories. Processing consists of potentially calling `closure` passing it the current file (which may be a normal file or subdirectory) and then if a subdirectory was encountered, recursively processing the subdirectory.

    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:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `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
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory or illegal filter combinations are supplied
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `DefaultGroovyMethods.sort(java.lang.Iterable, groovy.lang.Closure)`
      - `FileVisitResult`
      - `FileType`

  - ### traverse

    public static void traverse(Path self, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Processes each descendant file in this directory and any sub-directories. Convenience method for `traverse(Path, java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure)` when no options to alter the traversal behavior are required.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `closure` - the Closure to invoke on each file/directory and optionally returning a `FileVisitResult` value which can be used to control subsequent processing
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `traverse(Path, java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### traverse

    public static void traverse(Path self, Map<String,Object> options) throws IOException
    Invokes the closure specified with key 'visit' in the options Map for each descendant file in this directory tree. Convenience method for `traverse(Path, java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure)` allowing the 'visit' closure to be included in the options Map rather than as a parameter.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `options` - a Map of options to alter the traversal behavior
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory or illegal filter combinations are supplied
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `traverse(Path, java.util.Map, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachFileRecurse

    public static void eachFileRecurse(Path self, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Processes each descendant file in this directory and any sub-directories. Processing consists of calling `closure` passing it the current file (which may be a normal file or subdirectory) and then if a subdirectory was encountered, recursively processing the subdirectory.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `closure` - a Closure
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `eachFileRecurse(Path, groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachDirRecurse

    public static void eachDirRecurse(Path self, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Recursively processes each descendant subdirectory in this directory. Processing consists of calling `closure` passing it the current subdirectory and then recursively processing that subdirectory. Regular files are ignored during traversal.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `closure` - a closure
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `eachFileRecurse(Path, groovy.io.FileType, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachFileMatch

    public static void eachFileMatch(Path self, FileType fileType, Object nameFilter, Closure closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `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
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### eachFileMatch

    public static void eachFileMatch(Path self, Object nameFilter, Closure closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `nameFilter` - the nameFilter to perform on the name of the file (using the `DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(Object, Object)` method)
      `closure` - the closure to invoke
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `eachFileMatch(Path, groovy.io.FileType, Object, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachDirMatch

    public static void eachDirMatch(Path self, Object nameFilter, Closure closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path (that happens to be a folder/directory)
      `nameFilter` - the nameFilter to perform on the name of the directory (using the `DefaultGroovyMethods.isCase(Object, Object)` method)
      `closure` - the closure to invoke
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the given directory does not exist
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the provided Path object does not represent a directory
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `eachFileMatch(Path, groovy.io.FileType, Object, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### deleteDir

    public static boolean deleteDir(Path self)
    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
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      true if the file doesn't exist or deletion was successful
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### renameTo

    public static boolean renameTo(Path self, String newPathName)
    Renames a file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `newPathName` - The new pathname for the named file
    Returns:
      `true` if and only if the renaming succeeded; `false` otherwise
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### renameTo

    public static boolean renameTo(Path self, URI newPathName)
    Renames a file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `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

  - ### asWritable

    public static Path asWritable(Path self)
    Converts this Path to a `Writable`.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      a Path which wraps the input file and which implements Writable
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### asType

    public static <T> T asType(Path path, Class<T> c)
    Converts this Path to a `Writable` or delegates to default `DefaultGroovyMethods.asType(Object, Class)`.
    Parameters:
      `path` - a Path
      `c` - the desired class
    Returns:
      the converted object
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### asWritable

    public static Path asWritable(Path self, String encoding)
    Allows a file to return a Writable implementation that can output itself to a Writer stream.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `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

  - ### newReader

    public static BufferedReader newReader(Path self) throws IOException
    Create a buffered reader for this file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      a BufferedReader
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newReader

    public static BufferedReader newReader(Path self, String charset) throws IOException
    Create a buffered reader for this file, using the specified charset as the encoding.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the charset for this Path
    Returns:
      a BufferedReader
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the Path was not found
      `UnsupportedEncodingException` - if the encoding specified is not supported
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withReader

    public static <T> T withReader(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    Create a new BufferedReader for this file and then passes it into the closure, ensuring the reader is closed after the closure returns.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a file object
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withReader

    public static <T> T withReader(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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. The writer will use the given charset encoding, but will not write a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a file object
      `charset` - the charset for this input stream
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newOutputStream

    public static BufferedOutputStream newOutputStream(Path self) throws IOException
    Create a buffered output stream for this file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a file object
    Returns:
      the created OutputStream
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newDataOutputStream

    public static DataOutputStream newDataOutputStream(Path self) throws IOException
    Creates a new data output stream for this file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a file object
    Returns:
      the created DataOutputStream
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withOutputStream

    public static <T> T withOutputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### withInputStream

    public static <T> T withInputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### withDataOutputStream

    public static <T> T withDataOutputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.OutputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### withDataInputStream

    public static <T> T withDataInputStream(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.withStream(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### newWriter

    public static BufferedWriter newWriter(Path self) throws IOException
    Create a buffered writer for this file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      a BufferedWriter
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newWriter

    public static BufferedWriter newWriter(Path self, boolean append) throws IOException
    Creates a buffered writer for this file, optionally appending to the existing file content.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `append` - true if data should be appended to the file
    Returns:
      a BufferedWriter
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newWriter

    public static BufferedWriter newWriter(Path self, String charset, boolean append) throws IOException
    Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file without writing a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the name of the encoding used to write in this file
      `append` - true if in append mode
    Returns:
      a BufferedWriter
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newWriter

    public static BufferedWriter newWriter(Path self, String charset, boolean append, boolean writeBom) throws IOException
    Helper method to create a buffered writer for a file. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream before the writer is returned.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the name of the encoding used to write in this file
      `append` - true if in append mode
      `writeBom` - whether to write a BOM
    Returns:
      a BufferedWriter
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### newWriter

    public static BufferedWriter newWriter(Path self, String charset) throws IOException
    Creates a buffered writer for this file without writing a BOM, writing data using the given encoding.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the name of the encoding used to write in this file
    Returns:
      a BufferedWriter
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withWriter

    public static <T> T withWriter(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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 not write a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withWriter

    public static <T> T withWriter(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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, but will not write a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the charset used
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withWriter

    public static <T> T withWriter(Path self, String charset, boolean writeBom, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), `writeBom` is `true`, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream when the writer is created.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the charset used
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### withWriterAppend

    public static <T> T withWriterAppend(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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. The writer will use the given charset encoding, but will not write a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the charset used
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withWriterAppend

    public static <T> T withWriterAppend(Path self, String charset, boolean writeBom, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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. The writer will use the given charset encoding. If the given charset is "UTF-16BE" or "UTF-16LE" (or an equivalent alias), `writeBom` is `true`, and the file doesn't already exist, the requisite byte order mark is written to the stream when the writer is created.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the charset used
      `writeBom` - whether to write the BOM
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.5.0

  - ### withWriterAppend

    public static <T> T withWriterAppend(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    Create a new BufferedWriter for this file in append mode. The writer is passed to the closure and is closed after the closure returns. The writer will not write a BOM.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newPrintWriter

    public static PrintWriter newPrintWriter(Path self) throws IOException
    Create a new PrintWriter for this file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      the created PrintWriter
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newPrintWriter

    public static PrintWriter newPrintWriter(Path self, String charset) throws IOException
    Create a new PrintWriter for this file, using specified charset.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the charset
    Returns:
      a PrintWriter
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withPrintWriter

    public static <T> T withPrintWriter(Path self, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - the closure to invoke with the PrintWriter
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withPrintWriter

    public static <T> T withPrintWriter(Path self, String charset, Closure<T> closure) throws IOException
    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:
      `self` - a Path
      `charset` - the charset
      `closure` - the closure to invoke with the PrintWriter
    Returns:
      the value returned by the closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newInputStream

    public static BufferedInputStream newInputStream(Path self) throws IOException
    Creates a buffered input stream for this file.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      a BufferedInputStream of the file
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the file is not found.
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### newDataInputStream

    public static DataInputStream newDataInputStream(Path self) throws IOException
    Create a data input stream for this file
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      a DataInputStream of the file
    Throws:
      `FileNotFoundException` - if the file is not found.
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### eachByte

    public static void eachByte(Path self, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Traverse through each byte of this Path
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.eachByte(java.io.InputStream, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### eachByte

    public static void eachByte(Path self, int bufferLen, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Traverse through the bytes of this Path, bufferLen bytes at a time.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `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.
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.eachByte(java.io.InputStream, int, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### filterLine

    public static Writable filterLine(Path self, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Filters the lines of a Path and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `closure` - a closure which returns a boolean indicating to filter the line or not
    Returns:
      a Writable closure
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if `self` is not readable
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### createParentDirectories

    public static Path createParentDirectories(Path self, FileAttribute<?>... attrs) throws IOException
    Creates, if needed, any parent directories for the file associated with this Path.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      itself
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if the parent directories couldn't be created

  - ### filterLine

    public static Writable filterLine(Path self, String charset, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Filters the lines of a Path and creates a Writable in return to stream the filtered lines.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `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
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### filterLine

    public static void filterLine(Path self, Writer writer, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Filter the lines from this Path, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `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.
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if `self` is not readable
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, java.io.Writer, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### filterLine

    public static void filterLine(Path self, Writer writer, String charset, Closure closure) throws IOException
    Filter the lines from this Path, and write them to the given writer based on the given closure predicate.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
      `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.
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IO error occurs
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.filterLine(java.io.Reader, java.io.Writer, groovy.lang.Closure)`

  - ### readBytes

    public static byte[] readBytes(Path self) throws IOException
    Reads the content of the file into a byte array.
    Parameters:
      `self` - a Path
    Returns:
      a byte array with the contents of the file.
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an IOException occurs.
    Since:
      2.3.0

  - ### withCloseable

    @Deprecated public static <T> T withCloseable(Closeable self, Closure<T> action) throws IOException
    Deprecated.
    #deprecated use the variant in IOGroovyMethods
    Throws:
      `IOException`
    Since:
      2.3.0
    See Also:
      - `IOGroovyMethods.withCloseable(java.io.Closeable, groovy.lang.Closure)`