/**
* This function returns a unique category output path for the specified category. It is of the
* form "<base output path>/yyMMdd/<category>/HHmmssSSS"
*
* @param category the name of the category
* @return the canonical path of the unique category output path
* @throws IOException
*/
public static String getUniqueCategoryOutputPath(String category) throws IOException {
String categoryOutputPath = FileManager.getCategoryOutputPath(category);
String timeStamp = FileManager.getTimeStamp();
String uniqueCategoryOutputPath = FileManager.createDirectory(categoryOutputPath + timeStamp);
FileManager.pause();
return uniqueCategoryOutputPath + System.getProperty("file.separator");
}
/**
* This function initializes the category output path as defined above.
*
* @param category the name of the category
* @throws IOException
*/
private static void initializeCategoryOutputPath(String category) throws IOException {
String outputPath = FileManager.createDirectory(getDailyOutputPath() + category);
FileManager.categoryOutputPaths.put(category, outputPath);
}
/**
* This function initializes the daily output path as defined above.
*
* @throws IOException
*/
private static void initializeDailyOutputPath() throws IOException {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-MM-dd");
String dateString = formatter.format(new Date());
FileManager.dailyOutputPath = FileManager.createDirectory(getBaseOutputPath() + dateString);
}