gnu.java.net.loader

Class Resource

Known Direct Subclasses:
FileResource, JarURLResource, RemoteResource

public abstract class Resource
extends Object

A Resource represents a resource in some URLLoader. It also contains all information (e.g., URL, CodeSource, Manifest and InputStream) that is necessary for loading resources and creating classes from a URL.

Constructor Summary

Resource(URLLoader loader)

Method Summary

Certificate[]
getCertificates()
Returns Certificates associated with this resource, or null when there are none.
CodeSource
getCodeSource()
Returns the non-null CodeSource associated with this resource.
abstract InputStream
getInputStream()
Returns the non-null InputStream through which this resource can be loaded.
abstract int
getLength()
Returns the size of this Resource in bytes or -1 when unknown.
URLLoader
getLoader()
Return the URLLoader for this resource.
abstract URL
getURL()
Return a URL that can be used to access this resource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Resource

public Resource(URLLoader loader)

Method Details

getCertificates

public Certificate[] getCertificates()
Returns Certificates associated with this resource, or null when there are none.

getCodeSource

public CodeSource getCodeSource()
Returns the non-null CodeSource associated with this resource.

getInputStream

public abstract InputStream getInputStream()
            throws IOException
Returns the non-null InputStream through which this resource can be loaded.

getLength

public abstract int getLength()
Returns the size of this Resource in bytes or -1 when unknown.

getLoader

public final URLLoader getLoader()
Return the URLLoader for this resource.

getURL

public abstract URL getURL()
Return a URL that can be used to access this resource.

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