All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClassPathElement, DirectoryClassPathElement, FilteredClassPathElement, JarClassPathElement, MemoryClassPathElement, PathTreeClassPathElement
```
public interface ClassPathElement
extends Closeable
```
Represents an element on the virtual classpath, such as a jar file or classes directory.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static ClassPathElement EMPTY

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T> T`	`apply(Function<OpenPathTree,T> func)`	Processes the content of this classpath element and returns a result.
`static ClassPathElement`	`fromDependency(ResolvedDependency dep)`
`static ClassPathElement`	`fromPath(Path path, boolean runtime)`	Creates an element from a file system path
`default ArtifactKey`	`getDependencyKey()`	If this classpath element represents a Maven artifact, the method will return its key, otherwise - null.
`Manifest`	`getManifest()`
`ProtectionDomain`	`getProtectionDomain(ClassLoader classLoader)`
`Set<String>`	`getProvidedResources()`	Returns a set of all known resources.
`ClassPathResource`	`getResource(String name)`	Loads a resource from the class path element, or null if it does not exist.
`Path`	`getRoot()`
`boolean`	`isRuntime()`	Checks whether this is a runtime classpath element

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
close

- Field Detail
  - EMPTY
```
static final ClassPathElement EMPTY
```
- Method Detail
  - getDependencyKey
```
default ArtifactKey getDependencyKey()
```
    If this classpath element represents a Maven artifact, the method will return its key, otherwise - null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the key of the Maven artifact this classpath element represents or null, in case this element does not represent any Maven artifact
  - getRoot
```
Path getRoot()
```
    Returns:
    
    The element root, or null if not applicable
  - apply
```
<T> T apply(Function<OpenPathTree,T> func)
```
    Processes the content of this classpath element and returns a result.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - result type
    
    Parameters:
    
    func - content processing function
    
    Returns:
    
    processing result
  - getResource
```
ClassPathResource getResource(String name)
```
    Loads a resource from the class path element, or null if it does not exist.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - The resource to load
    
    Returns:
    
    An representation of the class path resource if it exists
  - getProvidedResources
```
Set<String> getProvidedResources()
```
    Returns a set of all known resources.
    
    Returns:
    
    A set representing all known resources
  - getProtectionDomain
```
ProtectionDomain getProtectionDomain(ClassLoader classLoader)
```
    Returns:
    
    The protection domain that should be used to define classes from this element
  - getManifest
```
Manifest getManifest()
```
  - isRuntime
```
boolean isRuntime()
```
    Checks whether this is a runtime classpath element
    
    Returns:
    
    true in case this is a runtime classpath element, otherwise - false
  - fromPath
```
static ClassPathElement fromPath(Path path,
                                 boolean runtime)
```
    Creates an element from a file system path
  - fromDependency
```
static ClassPathElement fromDependency(ResolvedDependency dep)
```

Interface ClassPathElement

Field Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

Field Detail

EMPTY

Method Detail

getDependencyKey

getRoot

apply

getResource

getProvidedResources

getProtectionDomain

getManifest

isRuntime

fromPath

fromDependency