org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor
Class URLConverterImpl

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.URLConverterImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

URLConverter

public class URLConverterImpl
extends Object
implements URLConverter

The service implementation that allows bundleresource or bundleentry URLs to be converted to native file URLs on the local file system.

Internal class.

Constructor Summary

URLConverterImpl()

Method Summary

URL	resolve(URL url) Converts a URL that uses a client-defined protocol into a URL that uses a protocol which is native to the Java class library (file, jar, http, etc).
URL	toFileURL(URL url) Converts a URL that uses a user-defined protocol into a URL that uses the file protocol.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLConverterImpl

public URLConverterImpl()

Method Detail

toFileURL

public URL toFileURL(URL url)
              throws IOException

Description copied from interface: URLConverter

Converts a URL that uses a user-defined protocol into a URL that uses the file protocol. The contents of the URL may be extracted into a cache on the file-system in order to get a file URL.

If the protocol for the given URL is not recognized by this converter, the original URL is returned as-is.

Specified by:

toFileURL in interface URLConverter

Parameters:

url - the original URL

Returns:

the converted file URL or the original URL passed in if it is not recognized by this converter

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs during the conversion

resolve

public URL resolve(URL url)
            throws IOException

Description copied from interface: URLConverter

Converts a URL that uses a client-defined protocol into a URL that uses a protocol which is native to the Java class library (file, jar, http, etc).

Note however that users of this API should not assume too much about the results of this method. While it may consistently return a file: URL in certain installation configurations, others may result in jar: or http: URLs.

If the protocol is not recognized by this converter, then the original URL is returned as-is.

Specified by:

resolve in interface URLConverter

Parameters:

url - the original URL

Returns:

the resolved URL or the original if the protocol is unknown to this converter

Throws:

IOException - if unable to resolve URL