Field Detail

• java.lang.String CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

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

Method Detail

• public java.lang.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 (never null)

• public Resource getResource(java.lang.String location)

  Return a Resource handle for the specified resource. The handle should always be a reusable resource descriptor, allowing for multiple Resource#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