IResourceBase (ph-commons 11.1.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IMemoryReadableResource, IReadableResource, IReadWriteResource, IWrappedReadableResource, IWrappedWritableResource, IWritableResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMemoryReadableResource, AbstractWrappedReadableResource, AbstractWrappedWritableResource, ClassPathResource, FileSystemResource, GZIPReadableResource, GZIPWritableResource, ReadableResourceByteArray, ReadableResourceInputStream, ReadableResourceString, URLResource
```
@MustImplementEqualsAndHashcode
public interface IResourceBase
```
Base interface for an abstract readable resource.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`exists()`
`File`	`getAsFile()`
`URL`	`getAsURL()`
`String`	`getPath()`
`String`	`getResourceID()`

- Method Detail
  - getResourceID
```
@Nonnull
String getResourceID()
```
    Returns:
    
    A non-null resource ID used e.g. for system IDs in XML resolving.
  - getPath
```
@Nonnull
String getPath()
```
    Returns:
    
    The requested path. Never null
  - exists
```
boolean exists()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if the resource exists, false otherwise.
  - getAsURL
```
@Nullable
URL getAsURL()
```
    Returns:
    
    the URL representation of this resource. May be null if this resource cannot be represented as an URL.
  - getAsFile
```
@Nullable
File getAsFile()
```
    Returns:
    
    the File representation of this resource. May be null if this resource cannot be represented as a file.