001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2012 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 * 016 * Contributors: 017 * Florent Guillaume 018 */ 019package org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.picture.api; 020 021import java.io.File; 022 023import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.api.Blob; 024 025/** 026 * Helpers around Blob objects. 027 * 028 * @since 5.6 029 */ 030public class BlobHelper { 031 032 // utility class 033 private BlobHelper() { 034 } 035 036 /** 037 * If the blob is backed by an actual file, return it. 038 * <p> 039 * Note that the File may be short-lived (temporary file), so should be used immediately. 040 * 041 * @return a File, or {@code null} if this blob doesn't have one 042 * @deprecated since 7.2, use {@link Blob#getFile} directly 043 */ 044 @Deprecated 045 public static File getFileFromBlob(Blob blob) { 046 return blob.getFile(); 047 } 048 049}