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+package de.mpiwg.gazetteer.utils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import de.mpiwg.gazetteer.bo.LGBranch;
+import de.mpiwg.gazetteer.bo.LGFile;
+
+public class FileManager {
+
+	private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(FileManager.class);
+	
+	private static DateFormat dfmt = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy.MM.dd_hh.mm.ss.SSS" );
+
+	
+	
+	private static String getRootPath() throws Exception{
+		String base = PropertiesUtils.getPropValue("files_root");
+		
+		if(StringUtils.isEmpty(base)){
+			throw new Exception("Property files_root no found. The files can be stored without this property.");
+		}
+		
+		if(!base.endsWith("/")){
+			base += "/";
+		}
+		
+		logger.info("files_root=" + base);
+		
+		return base;
+	}
+	
+	public static String saveFile(LGBranch branch, LGFile file, Date date, Long userId) throws Exception{
+				
+		String absolutePath = getRootPath() + branch.getSectionId() + "/";
+		String fileName = 
+				branch.getSectionId() + "_" + 
+				branch.getId() + "_"  + 
+				file.getId() +  "_" + 
+				dfmt.format(date) + "_" +
+				userId +
+				".txt";
+		
+		File folder = new File(absolutePath);
+		folder.mkdirs();
+		
+		logger.info("Trying to save file " + absolutePath + fileName + ".");
+		
+		PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(absolutePath + fileName);
+		out.println(file.getContent());
+		out.close();
+		
+		logger.info("The file " + fileName + " has been saved correctly.");
+		return fileName;
+	}
+	
+	public static String getFileAsText(LGFile file) throws Exception{
+		
+		LGBranch branch = DataProvider.getInstance().getBranch(file.getBranchId());
+		
+		String absolutePath = getRootPath() + branch.getSectionId() + "/" + file.getFileName();
+		System.out.println("Loading: " + absolutePath);
+		byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(absolutePath));
+		return new String(encoded, "UTF8");
+	}
+	
+	public static File getFileAsFile(LGFile file) throws Exception{
+		
+		LGBranch branch = DataProvider.getInstance().getBranch(file.getBranchId());
+		
+		String absolutePath = getRootPath() + branch.getSectionId() + "/" + file.getFileName();
+		System.out.println("Loading: " + absolutePath);
+		return new File(absolutePath);
+	}
+	
+	
+}