Package com.helger.commons.io.resourceprovider

Interface IReadableResourceProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

IWritableResourceProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassPathResourceProvider, DefaultResourceProvider, FileSystemResourceProvider, ReadableResourceProviderChain, URLResourceProvider, WritableResourceProviderChain

@MustImplementEqualsAndHashcode
public interface IReadableResourceProvider

Resource provider interface for readable resources.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default InputStream	getInputStream(String sName)	Get the InputStream specified by the given name for reading.
IReadableResource	getReadableResource(String sName)	Get the resource specified by the given name for reading.
boolean	supportsReading(String sName)	Check if this resource provider can handle the resource with the passed name.

Method Detail

supportsReading

boolean supportsReading(@Nullable
                        String sName)

Check if this resource provider can handle the resource with the passed name. If there is no real check on whether your resource provider can handle it, simply return true.

Parameters:

sName - The name to check. May be null.

Returns:

true if the name is not null and can be handled by this provider, false otherwise.

getReadableResource

@Nonnull
IReadableResource getReadableResource(@Nonnull
                                      String sName)

Get the resource specified by the given name for reading.

Parameters:

sName - The name of the resource to resolve.

Returns:

The readable resource. Never null.

getInputStream

@Nullable
default InputStream getInputStream(@Nonnull
                                   String sName)

Get the InputStream specified by the given name for reading. This method may be called without prior call to supportsReading(String).

Parameters:

sName - The name of the resource to resolve.

Returns:

The InputStream. May be null if the underlying resource does not exist or if supportsReading(String) returns false.