org.ujac.util.io
Interface ResourceLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachedResourceLoader, ClassPathResourceLoader, ClassResourceLoader, FileResourceLoader, HttpResourceLoader, MultiResourceLoader

public interface ResourceLoader

Title: ResourceLoader
Description: An interface which provides methods to load resources.

Author:

lauerc

Method Summary

byte[]	loadResource(String location) Loads a binary resource.
boolean	resourceExists(String location) Checks whether or not the desired resource exists.

Method Detail

loadResource

byte[] loadResource(String location)
                    throws IOException

Loads a binary resource.

Parameters:

location - The location of the resource.

Returns:

The loaded resource.

Throws:

IOException - In case the loading of the resource failed.

resourceExists

boolean resourceExists(String location)

Checks whether or not the desired resource exists.

Parameters:

location - The location of the resource.

Returns:

true in case the given resource could be located, else false.