com.google.common.io
Class Resources

java.lang.Object
  com.google.common.io.Resources

@Beta
public final class Resources
extends Object

Provides utility methods for working with resources in the classpath. Note that even though these methods use URL parameters, they are usually not appropriate for HTTP or other non-classpath resources.

All method parameters must be non-null unless documented otherwise.

Since:

1

Author:

Chris Nokleberg, Ben Yu

newInputStreamSupplier

public static InputSupplier<InputStream> newInputStreamSupplier(URL url)

Returns a factory that will supply instances of InputStream that read from the given URL.

Parameters:

url - the URL to read from

Returns:

the factory

newReaderSupplier

public static InputSupplier<InputStreamReader> newReaderSupplier(URL url,
                                                                 Charset charset)

Returns a factory that will supply instances of InputStreamReader that read a URL using the given character set.

Parameters:

url - the URL to read from

charset - the character set used when reading the URL contents

Returns:

the factory

toByteArray

public static byte[] toByteArray(URL url)
                          throws IOException

Reads all bytes from a URL into a byte array.

Parameters:

url - the URL to read from

Returns:

a byte array containing all the bytes from the URL

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

toString

public static String toString(URL url,
                              Charset charset)
                       throws IOException

Reads all characters from a URL into a String, using the given character set.

Parameters:

url - the URL to read from

charset - the character set used when reading the URL

Returns:

a string containing all the characters from the URL

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

readLines

public static <T> T readLines(URL url,
                              Charset charset,
                              LineProcessor<T> callback)
                   throws IOException

Streams lines from a URL, stopping when our callback returns false, or we have read all of the lines.

Parameters:

url - the URL to read from

charset - the character set used when reading the URL

callback - the LineProcessor to use to handle the lines

Returns:

the output of processing the lines

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

readLines

public static List<String> readLines(URL url,
                                     Charset charset)
                              throws IOException

Reads all of the lines from a URL. The lines do not include line-termination characters, but do include other leading and trailing whitespace.

Parameters:

url - the URL to read from

charset - the character set used when writing the file

Returns:

a mutable List containing all the lines

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

copy

public static void copy(URL from,
                        OutputStream to)
                 throws IOException

Copies all bytes from a URL to an output stream.

Parameters:

from - the URL to read from

to - the output stream

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

getResource

public static URL getResource(String resourceName)

Returns a URL pointing to resourceName if the resource is found in the class path. Resources.class.getClassLoader() is used to locate the resource.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if resource is not found

getResource

public static URL getResource(Class<?> contextClass,
                              String resourceName)

Returns a URL pointing to resourceName that is relative to contextClass, if the resource is found in the class path.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if resource is not found