Package org.springframework.core.io

Interface ContextResource

All Superinterfaces:

InputStreamSource, Resource

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultResourceLoader.ClassPathContextResource, ServletContextResource

public interface ContextResource
extends Resource

Extended interface for a resource that is loaded from an enclosing 'context', e.g. from a ServletContext but also from plain classpath paths or relative file system paths (specified without an explicit prefix, hence applying relative to the local ResourceLoader's context).

Since:

2.5

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

• ServletContextResource

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getPathWithinContext()	Return the path within the enclosing 'context'.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamSource

getInputStream

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.Resource

contentLength, createRelative, exists, getContentAsByteArray, getContentAsString, getDescription, getFile, getFilename, getURI, getURL, isFile, isOpen, isReadable, lastModified, readableChannel

Method Details

getPathWithinContext

String getPathWithinContext()

Return the path within the enclosing 'context'.

This is typically path relative to a context-specific root directory, e.g. a ServletContext root or a PortletContext root.