consciouscode.util.resource
Interface Resource

public interface Resource

An abstraction for an available resource in some (potentially) hierarchical repository. In many cases a resource is just a file on disk, but it could be stored other ways (for example, in a ZIP file, or on a remote server). This interface allows an application to use such resources without regard to their particular storage mechanism.

Resources are safe for use from multiple threads.

Method Summary

Iterator<Resource>	childResources()
String	getName() Gets the name of this resource within it's parent directory.
ResourceTree	getResourceTree() Gets the ResourceTree that contains this resource.
URL	getUrl()
boolean	isDirectory() Indicates whether this resource is a directory, perhaps with child resources.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Gets the name of this resource within it's parent directory. The name of the base directory of a ResourceTree may be (but need not be) empty.

Returns:

the name of this resource; not null.

getUrl

URL getUrl()

isDirectory

boolean isDirectory()

Indicates whether this resource is a directory, perhaps with child resources.

Returns:

true if this resource is a directory.

childResources

Iterator<Resource> childResources()

getResourceTree

ResourceTree getResourceTree()

Gets the ResourceTree that contains this resource.

Returns:

may be null.