org.springframework.core.io

Interface ResourceLoader

All Known Subinterfaces:

ResourcePatternResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassRelativeResourceLoader, DefaultResourceLoader, FileSystemResourceLoader, PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

public interface ResourceLoader

Strategy interface for loading resources (e.. class path or file system resources). An org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext is required to provide this functionality, plus extended ResourcePatternResolver support.

DefaultResourceLoader is a standalone implementation that is usable outside an ApplicationContext, also used by ResourceEditor.

Bean properties of type Resource and Resource array can be populated from Strings when running in an ApplicationContext, using the particular context's resource loading strategy.

Since:

10.03.2004

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

Resource, ResourcePatternResolver, org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext, org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX Pseudo URL prefix for loading from the class path: "classpath:"

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Expose the ClassLoader used by this ResourceLoader.
Resource	getResource(String location) Return a Resource handle for the specified resource.

Field Detail

CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

static final String CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

Pseudo URL prefix for loading from the class path: "classpath:"

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getResource

Resource getResource(String location)

Return a Resource handle for the specified resource. The handle should always be a reusable resource descriptor, allowing for multiple InputStreamSource.getInputStream() calls.

• Must support fully qualified URLs, e.g. "file:C:/test.dat".
• Must support classpath pseudo-URLs, e.g. "classpath:test.dat".
• Should support relative file paths, e.g. "WEB-INF/test.dat". (This will be implementation-specific, typically provided by an ApplicationContext implementation.)

Note that a Resource handle does not imply an existing resource; you need to invoke Resource.exists() to check for existence.

Parameters:

location - the resource location

Returns:

a corresponding Resource handle

See Also:

CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX, Resource.exists(), InputStreamSource.getInputStream()

getClassLoader

ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Expose the ClassLoader used by this ResourceLoader.

Clients which need to access the ClassLoader directly can do so in a uniform manner with the ResourceLoader, rather than relying on the thread context ClassLoader.

Returns:

the ClassLoader (never null)