is_readable: java optional, much faster

Author: scivision

+stdlib/+java/is_readable.m

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function y = is_readable(p)
+
+y = javaObject("java.io.File", p).canRead();
+
+end

+stdlib/+native/is_readable.m

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+function y = is_readable(p)
+
+y = false;
+
+if ~stdlib.exists(p), return, end
+
+if ~isMATLABReleaseOlderThan('R2025a')
+
+  props = "Readable";
+  if isunix
+    props = [props, "GroupRead", "OtherRead"];
+  end
+
+  t = getPermissions(filePermissions(p), props);
+  y = t.Readable;
+
+else
+
+  a = file_attributes_legacy(p);
+  y = a.UserRead || a.GroupRead || a.OtherRead;
+
+end
+
+end

+stdlib/is_readable.m

@@ -5,32 +5,16 @@
 %% Outputs
 % ok: logical array of the same size as p, true if file is readable
 
-function ok = is_readable(p)
+function y = is_readable(p)
 arguments
-  p string
+  p {mustBeTextScalar}
 end
 
-ok(size(p)) = false;
-
-i = stdlib.exists(p);
-
-if ~any(i), return, end
-
-if ~isMATLABReleaseOlderThan('R2025a')
-
-  props = "Readable";
-  if isunix
-    props = [props, "GroupRead", "OtherRead"];
-  end
-
-  t = getPermissions(filePermissions(p(i)), props);
-  ok(i) = any(t{:,:}, 2);
-
+if stdlib.has_java()
+  y = stdlib.java.is_readable(p);
 else
-
-  a = file_attributes_legacy(p);
-  ok = a.UserRead || a.GroupRead || a.OtherRead;
-
+  y = stdlib.native.is_readable(p);
 end
 
+
 end