org.cryptacular.io

Interface Resource

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassPathResource, FileResource, URLResource

public interface Resource

Resource descriptor that provides a strategy to get an InputStream to read bytes.

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InputStream	getInputStream() Gets an input stream around the resource.

Method Detail

getInputStream

InputStream getInputStream()
                    throws IOException

Gets an input stream around the resource. Callers of this method are responsible for resource cleanup; it should be sufficient to simply call InputStream.close() unless otherwise noted.

Implementers should produce a new instance on every call to this method to provide for thread-safe usage patterns on a shared resource.

Returns:

Input stream around underlying resource, e.g. file, remote resource (URI), etc.

Throws:

IOException - On IO errors.