Interface ResourceLoader

Field Detail

• CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

  static final String CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

  Pseudo URL prefix for loading from the class path: "classpath:"

  See Also:

  Constant Field Values

Method Detail

• getResource

  Resource getResource(String location)

  Return a Resource handle for the specified resource. The handle should always be a reusable resource descriptor, allowing for multiple InputStreamSource.getInputStream() calls.

  • Must support fully qualified URLs, e.g. "file:C:/test.dat".
  • Must support classpath pseudo-URLs, e.g. "classpath:test.dat".
  • Should support relative file paths, e.g. "WEB-INF/test.dat". (This will be implementation-specific, typically provided by an ApplicationContext implementation.)

  Note that a Resource handle does not imply an existing resource; you need to invoke Resource.exists() to check for existence.

  Parameters:

  location - the resource location

  Returns:

  a corresponding Resource handle

  See Also:

  CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX, Resource.exists(), InputStreamSource.getInputStream()

• getClassLoader

  ClassLoader getClassLoader()

  Expose the ClassLoader used by this ResourceLoader.

  Clients which need to access the ClassLoader directly can do so in a uniform manner with the ResourceLoader, rather than relying on the thread context ClassLoader.

  Returns:

  the ClassLoader (only null if even the system ClassLoader isn't accessible)

  See Also:

  ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader()