av.util
Class Resource

java.lang.Object
  av.util.Resource

public abstract class Resource
extends Object

A utility class to work with resources loadable from ClassLoaders.

Author:

compl

Method Summary

static Collection<URL>	findAllResources(String name)
static ClassLoader	getCurrentClassLoader()
static InputStream	getLocalResourceAsStream(String name) Load classpath resource only from local file systems.
static URL	getResource(String name)
static InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String name)
static Class<?>	loadClass(String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getCurrentClassLoader

public static ClassLoader getCurrentClassLoader()

loadClass

public static Class<?> loadClass(String name)
                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

getResource

public static URL getResource(String name)

getResourceAsStream

public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name)

findAllResources

public static Collection<URL> findAllResources(String name)

getLocalResourceAsStream

public static InputStream getLocalResourceAsStream(String name)

Load classpath resource only from local file systems. If called from applet code, attempts will be first made to only consult cached jars. If success this will greatly improve performance by avoiding consulting the applet code base every time.

Currently only SUN plugin is supported.