All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractResource, ClasspathResource, ClientLocalizationMessageResource, ContextResource, MessageCatalogResource, UrlResource, VirtualResource
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public interface Resource
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Represents a resource on the server that may be used for server side processing, or may be exposed to the client side. Generally, this represents an abstraction on top of files on the class path and files stored in the web application context. Resources are often used as map keys; they should be immutable and should implement hashCode() and equals().

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`exists()`	Returns true if the resource exists; if a stream to the content of the file may be opened.
`Resource`	`forFile(String relativePath)`	Returns a Resource based on a relative path, relative to the folder containing the resource.
`Resource`	`forLocale(Locale locale)`	Returns a localized version of the resource.
`String`	`getFile()`	Returns the file portion of the Resource path, everything that follows the final forward slash.
`String`	`getFolder()`	Returns the portion of the path up to the last forward slash; this is the directory or folder portion of the Resource.
`String`	`getPath()`	Return the path (the combination of folder and file).
`boolean`	`isVirtual()`	Returns true if the resource is virtual, meaning this is no underlying file.
`InputStream`	`openStream()`	Opens a stream to the content of the resource, or returns null if the resource does not exist.
`URL`	`toURL()`	Returns the URL for the resource, or null if it does not exist.
`Resource`	`withExtension(String extension)`	Returns a new Resource with the extension changed (or, if the resource does not have an extension, the extension is added).

- Method Detail
  - exists
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boolean exists()
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    Returns true if the resource exists; if a stream to the content of the file may be opened. A resource exists if toURL() returns a non-null value. Starting in release 5.3.4, the result of this is cached. Starting in 5.4, some "virtual resources", may return true even though toURL() returns null.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the resource exists, false if it does not
  - isVirtual
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boolean isVirtual()
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    Returns true if the resource is virtual, meaning this is no underlying file. Many operations are unsupported on virtual resources, including toURL(), forLocale(java.util.Locale), withExtension(String), getFile(), getFolder(), getPath()}; these operations will throw an UnsupportedOperationException.
    
    Since:
    
    5.4
  - openStream
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InputStream openStream()
                throws IOException
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    Opens a stream to the content of the resource, or returns null if the resource does not exist. The native input stream supplied by the resource is wrapped in a BufferedInputStream.
    
    Returns:
    
    an open, buffered stream to the content, if available
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - toURL
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URL toURL()
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    Returns the URL for the resource, or null if it does not exist. This value is lazily computed; starting in 5.3.4, subclasses may cache the result. Starting in 5.4, some "virtual resources" may return null.
  - forLocale
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Resource forLocale(Locale locale)
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    Returns a localized version of the resource. May return null if no such resource exists. Starting in release 5.3.4, the result of this method is cached internally.
  - forFile
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Resource forFile(String relativePath)
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    Returns a Resource based on a relative path, relative to the folder containing the resource. Understands the "." (current folder) and ".." (parent folder) conventions, and treats multiple sequential slashes as a single slash. Virtual resources (resources fabricated at runtime) return themselves.
  - withExtension
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Resource withExtension(String extension)
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    Returns a new Resource with the extension changed (or, if the resource does not have an extension, the extension is added). The new Resource may not exist (that is, toURL() may return null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    extension - to apply to the resource, such as "html" or "properties"
    
    Returns:
    
    the new resource
  - getFolder
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String getFolder()
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    Returns the portion of the path up to the last forward slash; this is the directory or folder portion of the Resource.
  - getFile
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String getFile()
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    Returns the file portion of the Resource path, everything that follows the final forward slash. Starting in 5.4, certain kinds of "virtual resources" may return null here.
  - getPath
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String getPath()
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    Return the path (the combination of folder and file). Starting in 5.4, certain "virtual resources", may return an arbitrary value here.

Interface Resource

Method Summary

Method Detail

exists

isVirtual

openStream

toURL

forLocale

forFile

withExtension

getFolder

getFile

getPath