01 /*
02 * Copyright 2008-2014 the original author or authors.
03 *
04 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07 *
08 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package griffon.core.resources;
17
18 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
19 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
20 import java.io.InputStream;
21 import java.net.URL;
22 import java.util.List;
23
24 /**
25 * Indicates a type that knows how to load resources from the classpath.
26 *
27 * @author Andres Almiray
28 * @since 2.0.0
29 */
30 public interface ResourceHandler {
31 /**
32 * Finds the resource with the given name. A resource is some data
33 * (images, audio, text, etc) that can be accessed by class code in a way
34 * that is independent of the location of the code.
35 * <p/>
36 * <p> The name of a resource is a '<tt>/</tt>'-separated path name that
37 * identifies the resource.
38 *
39 * @param name The resource name
40 * @return A <tt>URL</tt> object for reading the resource, or
41 * <tt>null</tt> if the resource could not be found.
42 */
43 @Nullable
44 URL getResourceAsURL(@Nonnull String name);
45
46 /**
47 * Returns an input stream for reading the specified resource.
48 *
49 * @param name The resource name
50 * @return An input stream for reading the resource, or <tt>null</tt>
51 * if the resource could not be found
52 */
53 @Nullable
54 InputStream getResourceAsStream(@Nonnull String name);
55
56 /**
57 * Finds all the resources with the given name. A resource is some data
58 * (images, audio, text, etc) that can be accessed by class code in a way
59 * that is independent of the location of the code.
60 * <p/>
61 * <p>The name of a resource is a <tt>/</tt>-separated path name that
62 * identifies the resource.
63 *
64 * @param name The resource name
65 * @return An java.util.List of {@link java.net.URL <tt>URL</tt>} objects for
66 * the resource. If no resources could be found, the list
67 * will be empty. Resources that the class loader doesn't have
68 * access to will not be in the list.
69 */
70 @Nullable
71 List<URL> getResources(@Nonnull String name);
72
73 /**
74 * Returns the classloader used to resolve resources.
75 *
76 * @return a classloader instance
77 */
78 @Nonnull
79 ClassLoader classloader();
80 }
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