Can I compile anonymous or inner classes into a single java .class file?

Question

I am writing a Java class that parses log files. The compiled .class file needs to be loaded into a 3rd party monitoring platform (eG) for deployment and invocation. Unfortunately, the 3rd party platform only allows me to upload a single .class file.

My current implementation has a function to find the 'latest' file in a folder that conforms to a file mask (*CJL*.log) and uses 2 anonymous classes, one to filter a directory listing and another to sort a list of files based on ModifiedDt. When I compile this, I get 3 .class files (Monitor.class, Monitor$1.class, Monitor$2.class) which I cannot deploy.

Is it possible to compile the anonymous classes into a single .class file for deployment to the 3rd party monitoring platform?

I have attached the code of my 'Find Lastest file' function for illustration.

private String FindLatestFile(String folderPath) {
 FilenameFilter filter = new FilenameFilter() {
  public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
   if (name.endsWith(".log")
     & name.contains("CJL")) 
    return true;
   else
    return false;
  }
 };

 File dir = new File(folderPath);

 File[] files = dir.listFiles(filter);

 if (files.length > 0) {
  Arrays.sort(files, new Comparator<File>() {
   public int compare(File f1, File f2) {
    return Long.valueOf(f1.lastModified()).compareTo(
      f2.lastModified());
   }
  });

  File newest = files[files.length - 1];

  return newest.toString;
 } else {
  return "";
 }
}

I suppose it is possible to do this the 'dumb' way by getting a raw file listing and doing the filter/sort myself but I'm worried this will not be performant.

Any Ideas?

Michael

Answer 1

No its not possible afaik. I assume a jar also cannot be used.

A workaround would be to have the class implement the two interfaces to remove the need for the inner classes.

    class MyClass implements FilenameFilter, Comparator<File> {
    ...

    public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
         if (name.endsWith(".log") & name.contains("CJL")) 
              return true;
         else
              return false;
    }

    public int compare(File f1, File f2) {
         return Long.valueOf(f1.lastModified()).compareTo(
                 f2.lastModified());
    }

    private String FindLatestFile(String folderPath) {

       File dir = new File(folderPath);

       File[] files = dir.listFiles(this);

       if (files.length > 0) {
            Arrays.sort(files, this);

            File newest = files[files.length - 1];

            return newest.toString;
       } else {
            return "";
       }
}