org.springframework.core.io.support

Class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

All Implemented Interfaces:

ResourceLoader, ResourcePatternResolver

public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver
extends Object
implements ResourcePatternResolver

A ResourcePatternResolver implementation that is able to resolve a specified resource location path into one or more matching Resources. The source path may be a simple path which has a one-to-one mapping to a target Resource, or alternatively may contain the special "classpath*:" prefix and/or internal Ant-style regular expressions (matched using Spring's AntPathMatcher utility). Both of the latter are effectively wildcards.

No Wildcards:

In the simple case, if the specified location path does not start with the "classpath*:" prefix, and does not contain a PathMatcher pattern, this resolver will simply return a single resource via a getResource() call on the underlying ResourceLoader. Examples are real URLs such as "file:C:/context.xml", pseudo-URLs such as "classpath:/context.xml", and simple unprefixed paths such as "/WEB-INF/context.xml". The latter will resolve in a fashion specific to the underlying ResourceLoader (e.g. ServletContextResource for a WebApplicationContext).

Ant-style Patterns:

When the path location contains an Ant-style pattern, e.g.:

 /WEB-INF/*-context.xml
 com/mycompany/**/applicationContext.xml
 file:C:/some/path/*-context.xml
 classpath:com/mycompany/**/applicationContext.xml

the resolver follows a more complex but defined procedure to try to resolve the wildcard. It produces a Resource for the path up to the last non-wildcard segment and obtains a URL from it. If this URL is not a "jar:" URL or container-specific variant (e.g. "zip:" in WebLogic, "wsjar" in WebSphere", etc.), then a java.io.File is obtained from it, and used to resolve the wildcard by walking the filesystem. In the case of a jar URL, the resolver either gets a java.net.JarURLConnection from it, or manually parses the jar URL, and then traverses the contents of the jar file, to resolve the wildcards.

Implications on portability:

If the specified path is already a file URL (either explicitly, or implicitly because the base ResourceLoader is a filesystem one, then wildcarding is guaranteed to work in a completely portable fashion.

If the specified path is a classpath location, then the resolver must obtain the last non-wildcard path segment URL via a Classloader.getResource() call. Since this is just a node of the path (not the file at the end) it is actually undefined (in the ClassLoader Javadocs) exactly what sort of a URL is returned in this case. In practice, it is usually a java.io.File representing the directory, where the classpath resource resolves to a filesystem location, or a jar URL of some sort, where the classpath resource resolves to a jar location. Still, there is a portability concern on this operation.

If a jar URL is obtained for the last non-wildcard segment, the resolver must be able to get a java.net.JarURLConnection from it, or manually parse the jar URL, to be able to walk the contents of the jar, and resolve the wildcard. This will work in most environments, but will fail in others, and it is strongly recommended that the wildcard resolution of resources coming from jars be thoroughly tested in your specific environment before you rely on it.

classpath*: Prefix:

There is special support for retrieving multiple class path resources with the same name, via the "classpath*:" prefix. For example, "classpath*:META-INF/beans.xml" will find all "beans.xml" files in the class path, be it in "classes" directories or in JAR files. This is particularly useful for autodetecting config files of the same name at the same location within each jar file. Internally, this happens via a ClassLoader.getResources() call, and is completely portable.

The "classpath*:" prefix can also be combined with a PathMatcher pattern in the rest of the location path, for example "classpath*:META-INF/*-beans.xml". In this case, the resolution strategy is fairly simple: a ClassLoader.getResources() call is used on the last non-wildcard path segment to get all the matching resources in the class loader hierarchy, and then off each resource the same PathMatcher resolution strategy described above is used for the wildcard subpath.

Other notes:

WARNING: Note that "classpath*:" when combined with Ant-style patterns will only work reliably with at least one root directory before the pattern starts, unless the actual target files reside in the file system. This means that a pattern like "classpath*:*.xml" will not retrieve files from the root of jar files but rather only from the root of expanded directories. This originates from a limitation in the JDK's ClassLoader.getResources() method which only returns file system locations for a passed-in empty String (indicating potential roots to search).

WARNING: Ant-style patterns with "classpath:" resources are not guaranteed to find matching resources if the root package to search is available in multiple class path locations. This is because a resource such as

     com/mycompany/package1/service-context.xml
 

may be in only one location, but when a path such as

     classpath:com/mycompany/**/service-context.xml
 

is used to try to resolve it, the resolver will work off the (first) URL returned by getResource("com/mycompany");. If this base package node exists in multiple classloader locations, the actual end resource may not be underneath. Therefore, preferably, use "classpath*:" with the same Ant-style pattern in such a case, which will search all class path locations that contain the root package.

Since:

1.0.2

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Colin Sampaleanu, Marius Bogoevici, Costin Leau

See Also:

ResourcePatternResolver.CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX, AntPathMatcher, ResourceLoader.getResource(String), ClassLoader.getResources(String)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver

CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader

CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver() Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.
PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(ClassLoader classLoader) Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.
PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected Resource	convertClassLoaderURL(URL url) Convert the given URL as returned from the ClassLoader into a Resource object.
protected String	determineRootDir(String location) Determine the root directory for the given location.
protected Set<Resource>	doFindMatchingFileSystemResources(File rootDir, String subPattern) Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
protected Set<Resource>	doFindPathMatchingFileResources(Resource rootDirResource, String subPattern) Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
protected Set<Resource>	doFindPathMatchingJarResources(Resource rootDirResource, String subPattern) Find all resources in jar files that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
protected void	doRetrieveMatchingFiles(String fullPattern, File dir, Set<File> result) Recursively retrieve files that match the given pattern, adding them to the given result list.
protected Resource[]	findAllClassPathResources(String location) Find all class location resources with the given location via the ClassLoader.
protected Resource[]	findPathMatchingResources(String locationPattern) Find all resources that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Expose the ClassLoader used by this ResourceLoader.
protected JarFile	getJarFile(String jarFileUrl) Resolve the given jar file URL into a JarFile object.
PathMatcher	getPathMatcher() Return the PathMatcher that this resource pattern resolver uses.
Resource	getResource(String location) Return a Resource handle for the specified resource.
ResourceLoader	getResourceLoader() Return the ResourceLoader that this pattern resolver works with.
Resource[]	getResources(String locationPattern) Resolve the given location pattern into Resource objects.
protected boolean	isJarResource(Resource resource) Return whether the given resource handle indicates a jar resource that the doFindPathMatchingJarResources method can handle.
protected Resource	resolveRootDirResource(Resource original) Resolve the specified resource for path matching.
protected Set<File>	retrieveMatchingFiles(File rootDir, String pattern) Retrieve files that match the given path pattern, checking the given directory and its subdirectories.
void	setPathMatcher(PathMatcher pathMatcher) Set the PathMatcher implementation to use for this resource pattern resolver.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

public PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver()

Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.

ClassLoader access will happen via the thread context class loader.

See Also:

DefaultResourceLoader

PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

public PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(ResourceLoader resourceLoader)

Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.

ClassLoader access will happen via the thread context class loader.

Parameters:

resourceLoader - the ResourceLoader to load root directories and actual resources with

PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

public PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(ClassLoader classLoader)

Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.

Parameters:

classLoader - the ClassLoader to load classpath resources with, or null for using the thread context class loader at the time of actual resource access

See Also:

DefaultResourceLoader

Method Detail

getResourceLoader

public ResourceLoader getResourceLoader()

Return the ResourceLoader that this pattern resolver works with.

getClassLoader

public ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Description copied from interface: ResourceLoader

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.

Specified by:

getClassLoader in interface ResourceLoader

Returns:

the ClassLoader (only null if even the system ClassLoader isn't accessible)

See Also:

ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader()

setPathMatcher

public void setPathMatcher(PathMatcher pathMatcher)

Set the PathMatcher implementation to use for this resource pattern resolver. Default is AntPathMatcher.

See Also:

AntPathMatcher

getPathMatcher

public PathMatcher getPathMatcher()

Return the PathMatcher that this resource pattern resolver uses.

getResource

public Resource getResource(String location)

Description copied from interface: ResourceLoader

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.

Specified by:

getResource in interface ResourceLoader

Parameters:

location - the resource location

Returns:

a corresponding Resource handle

See Also:

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

getResources

public Resource[] getResources(String locationPattern)
                        throws IOException

Description copied from interface: ResourcePatternResolver

Resolve the given location pattern into Resource objects.

Overlapping resource entries that point to the same physical resource should be avoided, as far as possible. The result should have set semantics.

Specified by:

getResources in interface ResourcePatternResolver

Parameters:

locationPattern - the location pattern to resolve

Returns:

the corresponding Resource objects

Throws:

IOException - in case of I/O errors

findAllClassPathResources

protected Resource[] findAllClassPathResources(String location)
                                        throws IOException

Find all class location resources with the given location via the ClassLoader.

Parameters:

location - the absolute path within the classpath

Returns:

the result as Resource array

Throws:

IOException - in case of I/O errors

See Also:

ClassLoader.getResources(java.lang.String), convertClassLoaderURL(java.net.URL)

convertClassLoaderURL

protected Resource convertClassLoaderURL(URL url)

Convert the given URL as returned from the ClassLoader into a Resource object.

The default implementation simply creates a UrlResource instance.

Parameters:

url - a URL as returned from the ClassLoader

Returns:

the corresponding Resource object

See Also:

ClassLoader.getResources(java.lang.String), Resource

findPathMatchingResources

protected Resource[] findPathMatchingResources(String locationPattern)
                                        throws IOException

Find all resources that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher. Supports resources in jar files and zip files and in the file system.

Parameters:

locationPattern - the location pattern to match

Returns:

the result as Resource array

Throws:

IOException - in case of I/O errors

See Also:

doFindPathMatchingJarResources(org.springframework.core.io.Resource, java.lang.String), doFindPathMatchingFileResources(org.springframework.core.io.Resource, java.lang.String), PathMatcher

determineRootDir

protected String determineRootDir(String location)

Determine the root directory for the given location.

Used for determining the starting point for file matching, resolving the root directory location to a java.io.File and passing it into retrieveMatchingFiles, with the remainder of the location as pattern.

Will return "/WEB-INF/" for the pattern "/WEB-INF/*.xml", for example.

Parameters:

location - the location to check

Returns:

the part of the location that denotes the root directory

See Also:

retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File, java.lang.String)

resolveRootDirResource

protected Resource resolveRootDirResource(Resource original)
                                   throws IOException

Resolve the specified resource for path matching.

The default implementation detects an Equinox OSGi "bundleresource:" / "bundleentry:" URL and resolves it into a standard jar file URL that can be traversed using Spring's standard jar file traversal algorithm.

Parameters:

original - the resource to resolve

Returns:

the resolved resource (may be identical to the passed-in resource)

Throws:

IOException - in case of resolution failure

isJarResource

protected boolean isJarResource(Resource resource)
                         throws IOException

Return whether the given resource handle indicates a jar resource that the doFindPathMatchingJarResources method can handle.

The default implementation checks against the URL protocols "jar", "zip" and "wsjar" (the latter are used by BEA WebLogic Server and IBM WebSphere, respectively, but can be treated like jar files).

Parameters:

resource - the resource handle to check (usually the root directory to start path matching from)

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

doFindPathMatchingJarResources(org.springframework.core.io.Resource, java.lang.String), ResourceUtils.isJarURL(java.net.URL)

doFindPathMatchingJarResources

protected Set<Resource> doFindPathMatchingJarResources(Resource rootDirResource,
                                           String subPattern)
                                                throws IOException

Find all resources in jar files that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.

Parameters:

rootDirResource - the root directory as Resource

subPattern - the sub pattern to match (below the root directory)

Returns:

the Set of matching Resource instances

Throws:

IOException - in case of I/O errors

See Also:

JarURLConnection, PathMatcher

getJarFile

protected JarFile getJarFile(String jarFileUrl)
                      throws IOException

Resolve the given jar file URL into a JarFile object.

Throws:

IOException

doFindPathMatchingFileResources

protected Set<Resource> doFindPathMatchingFileResources(Resource rootDirResource,
                                            String subPattern)
                                                 throws IOException

Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.

Parameters:

rootDirResource - the root directory as Resource

subPattern - the sub pattern to match (below the root directory)

Returns:

the Set of matching Resource instances

Throws:

IOException - in case of I/O errors

See Also:

retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File, java.lang.String), PathMatcher

doFindMatchingFileSystemResources

protected Set<Resource> doFindMatchingFileSystemResources(File rootDir,
                                              String subPattern)
                                                   throws IOException

Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.

Parameters:

rootDir - the root directory in the file system

subPattern - the sub pattern to match (below the root directory)

Returns:

the Set of matching Resource instances

Throws:

IOException - in case of I/O errors

See Also:

retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File, java.lang.String), PathMatcher

retrieveMatchingFiles

protected Set<File> retrieveMatchingFiles(File rootDir,
                              String pattern)
                                   throws IOException

Retrieve files that match the given path pattern, checking the given directory and its subdirectories.

Parameters:

rootDir - the directory to start from

pattern - the pattern to match against, relative to the root directory

Returns:

the Set of matching File instances

Throws:

IOException - if directory contents could not be retrieved

doRetrieveMatchingFiles

protected void doRetrieveMatchingFiles(String fullPattern,
                           File dir,
                           Set<File> result)
                                throws IOException

Recursively retrieve files that match the given pattern, adding them to the given result list.

Parameters:

fullPattern - the pattern to match against, with prepended root directory path

dir - the current directory

result - the Set of matching File instances to add to

Throws:

IOException - if directory contents could not be retrieved