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package org.springframework.core.io;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.channels.Channels;
import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
/**
* Interface for a resource descriptor that abstracts from the actual
* type of underlying resource, such as a file or class path resource.
*
* An InputStream can be opened for every resource if it exists in
* physical form, but a URL or File handle can just be returned for
* certain resources. The actual behavior is implementation-specific.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 28.12.2003
* @see #getInputStream()
* @see #getURL()
* @see #getURI()
* @see #getFile()
* @see WritableResource
* @see ContextResource
* @see UrlResource
* @see FileUrlResource
* @see FileSystemResource
* @see ClassPathResource
* @see ByteArrayResource
* @see InputStreamResource
*/
public interface Resource extends InputStreamSource {
/**
* Determine whether this resource actually exists in physical form.
*
This method performs a definitive existence check, whereas the
* existence of a {@code Resource} handle only guarantees a valid
* descriptor handle.
*/
boolean exists();
/**
* Indicate whether non-empty contents of this resource can be read via
* {@link #getInputStream()}.
*
Will be {@code true} for typical resource descriptors that exist
* since it strictly implies {@link #exists()} semantics as of 5.1.
* Note that actual content reading may still fail when attempted.
* However, a value of {@code false} is a definitive indication
* that the resource content cannot be read.
* @see #getInputStream()
* @see #exists()
*/
default boolean isReadable() {
return exists();
}
/**
* Indicate whether this resource represents a handle with an open stream.
* If {@code true}, the InputStream cannot be read multiple times,
* and must be read and closed to avoid resource leaks.
*
Will be {@code false} for typical resource descriptors.
*/
default boolean isOpen() {
return false;
}
/**
* Determine whether this resource represents a file in a file system.
* A value of {@code true} strongly suggests (but does not guarantee)
* that a {@link #getFile()} call will succeed.
*
This is conservatively {@code false} by default.
* @since 5.0
* @see #getFile()
*/
default boolean isFile() {
return false;
}
/**
* Return a URL handle for this resource.
* @throws IOException if the resource cannot be resolved as URL,
* i.e. if the resource is not available as descriptor
*/
URL getURL() throws IOException;
/**
* Return a URI handle for this resource.
* @throws IOException if the resource cannot be resolved as URI,
* i.e. if the resource is not available as descriptor
* @since 2.5
*/
URI getURI() throws IOException;
/**
* Return a File handle for this resource.
* @throws java.io.FileNotFoundException if the resource cannot be resolved as
* absolute file path, i.e. if the resource is not available in a file system
* @throws IOException in case of general resolution/reading failures
* @see #getInputStream()
*/
File getFile() throws IOException;
/**
* Return a {@link ReadableByteChannel}.
*
It is expected that each call creates a fresh channel.
*
The default implementation returns {@link Channels#newChannel(InputStream)}
* with the result of {@link #getInputStream()}.
* @return the byte channel for the underlying resource (must not be {@code null})
* @throws java.io.FileNotFoundException if the underlying resource doesn't exist
* @throws IOException if the content channel could not be opened
* @since 5.0
* @see #getInputStream()
*/
default ReadableByteChannel readableChannel() throws IOException {
return Channels.newChannel(getInputStream());
}
/**
* Determine the content length for this resource.
* @throws IOException if the resource cannot be resolved
* (in the file system or as some other known physical resource type)
*/
long contentLength() throws IOException;
/**
* Determine the last-modified timestamp for this resource.
* @throws IOException if the resource cannot be resolved
* (in the file system or as some other known physical resource type)
*/
long lastModified() throws IOException;
/**
* Create a resource relative to this resource.
* @param relativePath the relative path (relative to this resource)
* @return the resource handle for the relative resource
* @throws IOException if the relative resource cannot be determined
*/
Resource createRelative(String relativePath) throws IOException;
/**
* Determine a filename for this resource, i.e. typically the last
* part of the path: for example, "myfile.txt".
*
Returns {@code null} if this type of resource does not
* have a filename.
*/
@Nullable
String getFilename();
/**
* Return a description for this resource,
* to be used for error output when working with the resource.
*
Implementations are also encouraged to return this value
* from their {@code toString} method.
* @see Object#toString()
*/
String getDescription();
}