Module org.apache.wicket.core

Package org.apache.wicket.core.util.resource.locator

Interface IResourceStreamLocator

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingResourceStreamLocator, OsgiResourceStreamLocator, ResourceStreamLocator

public interface IResourceStreamLocator

Interface for code that locates resources, taking into account variations for locale and style.

Author:

Jonathan Locke

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IResourceStream	locate(Class<?> clazz, String path)	Locate a resource, given a path and class.
IResourceStream	locate(Class<?> clazz, String path, String style, String variation, Locale locale, String extension, boolean strict)	Locate a resource by combining the given path, style, variation, locale and extension parameters.
IResourceNameIterator	newResourceNameIterator(String path, Locale locale, String style, String variation, String extension, boolean strict)	Markup resources and Properties files both need to iterate over different combinations of locale, style, etc..

Method Details

locate

IResourceStream locate(Class<?> clazz,
 String path)

Locate a resource, given a path and class. Typically this method is either called by external clients if they are not interested in a lookup that takes the style and locale into account, or it is called by the implementation of locate(Class, String, String, String, java.util.Locale, String, boolean) where the latter just takes care of trying out the different combinations for the provided style and locale and uses this method to actually load the resource stream.

Parameters:

clazz - The class loader for delegating the loading of the resource

path - The path of the resource

Returns:

The resource or null

locate

IResourceStream locate(Class<?> clazz,
 String path,
 String style,
 String variation,
 Locale locale,
 String extension,
 boolean strict)

Locate a resource by combining the given path, style, variation, locale and extension parameters. The exact search order depends on the implementation.

Parameters:

clazz - The class loader for delegating the loading of the resource

path - The path of the resource

style - Any resource style, such as a skin style (see Session)

variation - The component's variation (of the style)

locale - The locale of the resource to load

extension - A comma separate list of extensions

strict - whether the specified attributes must match exactly

Returns:

The resource or null

newResourceNameIterator

IResourceNameIterator newResourceNameIterator(String path,
 Locale locale,
 String style,
 String variation,
 String extension,
 boolean strict)

Markup resources and Properties files both need to iterate over different combinations of locale, style, etc.. And though no single locate(..) method exists which is used by both, they both use ResourceNameIterators.

Parameters:

path - The path of the resource

style - Any resource style, such as a skin style (see Session)

variation - The component's variation (of the style)

locale - The locale of the resource to load

extension - A comma separate list of extensions

strict - whether the specified attributes must match exactly

Returns:

resource name iterator