Package ch.bailu.gtk.lib.util

Class JavaResource

java.lang.Object

ch.bailu.gtk.lib.util.JavaResource

public class JavaResource
extends Object

Util class for location-independent access to program specific resources. To read files from "resources/" or from the applications jar archive

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JavaResource(String path)	Creates a JavaResource object holding a relative path to a file in "resources/" or the root directory of the jar archive

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Bytes	asBytes()
InputStream	asStream()	Open the program specific resource file and return it as a readable stream
String	asString()	Read entire text resource into string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

JavaResource

public JavaResource(String path)

Creates a JavaResource object holding a relative path to a file in "resources/" or the root directory of the jar archive

Parameters:

path - absolute path to css resource: "/css/app.css"

Method Details

asString

public String asString()
                throws IOException

Read entire text resource into string

Returns:

String containing the entire text resource

Throws:

IOException - If file does not exist

asStream

public InputStream asStream()
                     throws IOException

Open the program specific resource file and return it as a readable stream

Returns:

InputStream for reading resource file

Throws:

IOException - If file does not exist

asBytes

public Bytes asBytes()
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException