Package com.ardor3d.util.resource

Interface ResourceSource

All Superinterfaces:

Savable

All Known Implementing Classes:

StringResourceSource, URLResourceSource

public interface ResourceSource
extends Savable

Represents a named resource

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	UNKNOWN_TYPE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getName()
ResourceSource	getRelativeSource(String name)	Generate and return a new ResourceSource pointing to a named resource that is relative to this object's resource.
String	getType()
InputStream	openStream()

Methods inherited from interface com.ardor3d.util.export.Savable

getClassTag, read, write

Field Details

UNKNOWN_TYPE

static final String UNKNOWN_TYPE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

getName

String getName()

Returns:

the name of this resource.

getType

String getType()

Returns:

the "type" of resource we are pointing to. For example ".jpg", ".dae", etc.

getRelativeSource

ResourceSource getRelativeSource(String name)

Generate and return a new ResourceSource pointing to a named resource that is relative to this object's resource.

Parameters:

name - the name of the resource we want. eg. "./mypic.jpg" etc.

Returns:

the relative resource, or null if none is found. Will also return null if this ResourceSource type does not support relative source.

openStream

InputStream openStream()
                throws IOException

Returns:

an InputStream to this resource's contents.

Throws:

IOException - if something wrong occurs while reading