ch.qos.logback.core.util
Class LocationUtil

java.lang.Object
  ch.qos.logback.core.util.LocationUtil

public class LocationUtil
extends Object

A static utility method that converts a string that describes the location of a resource into a URL object.

Author:

Carl Harris

Field Summary

static String	CLASSPATH_SCHEME Scheme name for a classpath resource
static String	SCHEME_PATTERN Regex pattern for a URL scheme (reference RFC 2396 section 3)

Constructor Summary

LocationUtil()

Method Summary

static URL

urlForResource(String location) Converts a string describing the location of a resource into a URL object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SCHEME_PATTERN

public static final String SCHEME_PATTERN

Regex pattern for a URL scheme (reference RFC 2396 section 3)

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Constant Field Values

CLASSPATH_SCHEME

public static final String CLASSPATH_SCHEME

Scheme name for a classpath resource

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

LocationUtil

public LocationUtil()

Method Detail

urlForResource

public static URL urlForResource(String location)
                          throws MalformedURLException,
                                 FileNotFoundException

Converts a string describing the location of a resource into a URL object.

Parameters:

location - String describing the location

Returns:

URL object that refers to location

Throws:

MalformedURLException - if location is not a syntatically valid URL

FileNotFoundException - if location specifies a non-existent classpath resource

NullPointerException - if location is null