I can't see on the wiki where checking out is documented. Ideally, I would like to check out a file "example/folder/file.xml", if not just the folder... and then when the application closes down or otherwise, be able to commit back in changes to this file. How do I do this?
You cannot check out a file in Subversion. You have to check out a folder.
To check out a folder with one or more files:
SVNClientManager ourClientManager = SVNClientManager.newInstance(null,
repository.getAuthenticationManager());
SVNUpdateClient updateClient = ourClientManager.getUpdateClient();
updateClient.setIgnoreExternals(false);
updateClient.doCheckout(url, destPath, revision, revision,
isRecursive);
To commit a previously checked out folder:
SVNClientManager ourClientManager = SVNClientManager.newInstance(null,
repository.getAuthenticationManager());
ourClientManager.getWCClient().doInfo(wcPath, SVNRevision.HEAD);
ourClientManager.getCommitClient().doCommit
(new File[] { wcPath }, keepLocks, commitMessage, false, true);