org.apache.commons.discovery
Class Resource

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.discovery.Resource

Direct Known Subclasses:

ResourceClass

public class Resource
extends Object

'Resource' located by discovery. Naming of methods becomes a real pain ('getClass()') so I've patterned this after ClassLoader... I think it works well as it will give users a point-of-reference.

Field Summary

protected ClassLoader	loader
protected String	name
protected URL	resource

Constructor Summary

Resource(String resourceName, URL resource, ClassLoader loader)
Create a new Resource instance.

Method Summary

ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Get the value of loader.
String	getName() Get the value of resourceName.
URL	getResource() Get the value of URL.
InputStream	getResourceAsStream() Get the value of URL.
static Resource[]	toArray(ResourceIterator iterator) Returns an array containing all of the elements in this ResourceIterator in proper sequence.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name

protected final String name

resource

protected final URL resource

loader

protected final ClassLoader loader

Constructor Detail

Resource

public Resource(String resourceName,
                URL resource,
                ClassLoader loader)

Create a new Resource instance.

Parameters:

resourceName - The resource name has to be located

resource - The resource URL has to be located

loader - The class loader used to locate the given resource

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the value of resourceName.

Returns:

value of resourceName.

getResource

public URL getResource()

Get the value of URL.

Returns:

value of URL.

getResourceAsStream

public InputStream getResourceAsStream()

Get the value of URL.

Returns:

value of URL.

getClassLoader

public ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Get the value of loader.

Returns:

value of loader.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toArray

public static Resource[] toArray(ResourceIterator iterator)

Returns an array containing all of the elements in this ResourceIterator in proper sequence.

Parameters:

iterator - The ResourceIterator containing the

Returns:

An array containing the elements of the given ResourceIterator