org.mortbay.util
Class Resource

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.mortbay.util.Resource

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CachedResource, URLResource

public abstract class Resource

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Abstract resource class.

Version:

$Id: Resource.java,v 1.22.2.2 2003/09/25 07:51:46 gregwilkins Exp $

Author:

Nuno Pregui?a, Greg Wilkins (gregw)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Resource()

Method Summary

abstract Resource	addPath(java.lang.String path) Returns the resource contained inside the current resource with the given name.
CachedResource	cache()
abstract boolean	delete() Deletes the given resource
java.lang.String	encode(java.lang.String uri) Encode according to this resource type.
abstract boolean	exists() Returns true if the respresened resource exists.
java.net.URL	getAlias()
java.lang.Object	getAssociate()
abstract java.io.File	getFile() Returns an File representing the given resource or NULL if this is not possible.
abstract java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() Returns an input stream to the resource
java.lang.String	getListHTML(java.lang.String base, boolean parent) Get the resource list as a HTML directory listing.
abstract java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of the resource
abstract java.io.OutputStream	getOutputStream() Returns an output stream to the resource
abstract java.net.URL	getURL() Returns an URL representing the given resource
abstract boolean	isDirectory() Returns true if the respresenetd resource is a container/directory.
abstract long	lastModified() Returns the last modified time
abstract long	length() Return the length of the resource
abstract java.lang.String[]	list() Returns a list of resource names contained in the given resource The resource names are not URL encoded.
static Resource	newResource(java.lang.String resource) Construct a resource from a string.
static Resource	newResource(java.net.URL url) Construct a resource from a url.
static Resource	newSystemResource(java.lang.String resource) Construct a system resource from a string.
abstract void	release() Release any resources held by the resource.
abstract boolean	renameTo(Resource dest) Rename the given resource
void	setAssociate(java.lang.Object o)
void	writeTo(java.io.OutputStream out, long start, long count)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Resource

public Resource()

Method Detail

newResource

public static Resource newResource(java.net.URL url)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Construct a resource from a url.

Parameters:

url - A URL.

Returns:

A Resource object.

java.io.IOException

newResource

public static Resource newResource(java.lang.String resource)
                            throws java.net.MalformedURLException,
                                   java.io.IOException

Construct a resource from a string.

Parameters:

resource - A URL or filename.

Returns:

A Resource object.

java.net.MalformedURLException

java.io.IOException

newSystemResource

public static Resource newSystemResource(java.lang.String resource)
                                  throws java.io.IOException

Construct a system resource from a string. The resource is tried as classloader resource before being treated as a normal resource.

java.io.IOException

release

public abstract void release()

Release any resources held by the resource.

exists

public abstract boolean exists()

Returns true if the respresened resource exists.

isDirectory

public abstract boolean isDirectory()

Returns true if the respresenetd resource is a container/directory. If the resource is not a file, resources ending with "/" are considered directories.

lastModified

public abstract long lastModified()

Returns the last modified time

length

public abstract long length()

Return the length of the resource

getURL

public abstract java.net.URL getURL()

Returns an URL representing the given resource

getFile

public abstract java.io.File getFile()
                              throws java.io.IOException

Returns an File representing the given resource or NULL if this is not possible.

java.io.IOException

getName

public abstract java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of the resource

getInputStream

public abstract java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                            throws java.io.IOException

Returns an input stream to the resource

java.io.IOException

getOutputStream

public abstract java.io.OutputStream getOutputStream()
                                              throws java.io.IOException,
                                                     java.lang.SecurityException

Returns an output stream to the resource

java.io.IOException

java.lang.SecurityException

delete

public abstract boolean delete()
                        throws java.lang.SecurityException

Deletes the given resource

java.lang.SecurityException

renameTo

public abstract boolean renameTo(Resource dest)
                          throws java.lang.SecurityException

Rename the given resource

java.lang.SecurityException

list

public abstract java.lang.String[] list()

Returns a list of resource names contained in the given resource The resource names are not URL encoded.

addPath

public abstract Resource addPath(java.lang.String path)
                          throws java.io.IOException,
                                 java.net.MalformedURLException

Returns the resource contained inside the current resource with the given name.

Parameters:

path - The path segment to add, which should be encoded by the encode method.

java.io.IOException

java.net.MalformedURLException

encode

public java.lang.String encode(java.lang.String uri)

Encode according to this resource type. The default implementation calls URI.encodePath(uri)

Parameters:

uri -

Returns:

String encoded for this resource type.

getAssociate

public java.lang.Object getAssociate()

setAssociate

public void setAssociate(java.lang.Object o)

getAlias

public java.net.URL getAlias()

Returns:

The canonical Alias of this resource or null if none.

cache

public CachedResource cache()
                     throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

getListHTML

public java.lang.String getListHTML(java.lang.String base,
                                    boolean parent)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Get the resource list as a HTML directory listing.

Parameters:

base - The base URL

parent - True if the parent directory should be included

Returns:

String of HTML

java.io.IOException

writeTo

public void writeTo(java.io.OutputStream out,
                    long start,
                    long count)
             throws java.io.IOException

Parameters:

out -

start - First byte to write

count - Bytes to write or -1 for all of them.

java.io.IOException