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/*
 *  Copyright 2004 Clinton Begin
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.*;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * A class to simplify access to resources through the classloader.
 */
public class Resources extends Object {

    private static ClassLoader defaultClassLoader;

    /**
     * Charset to use when calling getResourceAsReader.
     * null means use the system default.
     */
    private static Charset charset;

    private Resources() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns the default classloader (may be null).
     *
     * @return The default classloader
     */
    public static ClassLoader getDefaultClassLoader() {
        return defaultClassLoader;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the default classloader
     *
     * @param defaultClassLoader - the new default ClassLoader
     */
    public static void setDefaultClassLoader(ClassLoader defaultClassLoader) {
        Resources.defaultClassLoader = defaultClassLoader;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the URL of the resource on the classpath
     *
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static URL getResourceURL(String resource) throws IOException {
        return getResourceURL(getClassLoader(), resource);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the URL of the resource on the classpath
     *
     * @param loader   The classloader used to load the resource
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static URL getResourceURL(ClassLoader loader, String resource) throws IOException {
        URL url = null;
        if (loader != null)
            url = loader.getResource(resource);
        if (url == null)
            url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(resource);
        if (url == null)
            throw new IOException("Could not find resource " + resource);
        return url;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a resource on the classpath as a Stream object
     *
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resource) throws IOException {
        return getResourceAsStream(getClassLoader(), resource);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a resource on the classpath as a Stream object
     *
     * @param loader   The classloader used to load the resource
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(ClassLoader loader, String resource) throws IOException {
        InputStream in = null;
        if (loader != null)
            in = loader.getResourceAsStream(resource);
        if (in == null)
            in = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(resource);
        if (in == null)
            throw new IOException("Could not find resource " + resource);
        return in;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a resource on the classpath as a Properties object
     *
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static Properties getResourceAsProperties(String resource) throws IOException {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        InputStream in = null;
        String propfile = resource;
        in = getResourceAsStream(propfile);
        props.load(in);
        in.close();
        return props;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a resource on the classpath as a Properties object
     *
     * @param loader   The classloader used to load the resource
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static Properties getResourceAsProperties(ClassLoader loader, String resource) throws IOException {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        InputStream in = null;
        String propfile = resource;
        in = getResourceAsStream(loader, propfile);
        props.load(in);
        in.close();
        return props;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a resource on the classpath as a Reader object
     *
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static Reader getResourceAsReader(String resource) throws IOException {
        Reader reader;
        if (charset == null) {
            reader = new InputStreamReader(getResourceAsStream(resource));
        } else {
            reader = new InputStreamReader(getResourceAsStream(resource), charset);
        }

        return reader;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a resource on the classpath as a Reader object
     *
     * @param loader   The classloader used to load the resource
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static Reader getResourceAsReader(ClassLoader loader, String resource) throws IOException {
        Reader reader;
        if (charset == null) {
            reader = new InputStreamReader(getResourceAsStream(loader, resource));
        } else {
            reader = new InputStreamReader(getResourceAsStream(loader, resource), charset);
        }

        return reader;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a resource on the classpath as a File object
     *
     * @param resource The resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static File getResourceAsFile(String resource) throws IOException {
        return new File(getResourceURL(resource).getFile());
    }

    /**
     * Returns a resource on the classpath as a File object
     *
     * @param loader   - the classloader used to load the resource
     * @param resource - the resource to find
     * @return The resource
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static File getResourceAsFile(ClassLoader loader, String resource) throws IOException {
        return new File(getResourceURL(loader, resource).getFile());
    }

    /**
     * Gets a URL as an input stream
     *
     * @param urlString - the URL to get
     * @return An input stream with the data from the URL
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static InputStream getUrlAsStream(String urlString) throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL(urlString);
        URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
        return conn.getInputStream();
    }

    /**
     * Gets a URL as a Reader
     *
     * @param urlString - the URL to get
     * @return A Reader with the data from the URL
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static Reader getUrlAsReader(String urlString) throws IOException {
        return new InputStreamReader(getUrlAsStream(urlString));
    }

    /**
     * Gets a URL as a Properties object
     *
     * @param urlString - the URL to get
     * @return A Properties object with the data from the URL
     * @throws IOException If the resource cannot be found or read
     */
    public static Properties getUrlAsProperties(String urlString) throws IOException {
        Properties props = new Properties();
        InputStream in = null;
        String propfile = urlString;
        in = getUrlAsStream(propfile);
        props.load(in);
        in.close();
        return props;
    }

    /**
     * Loads a class
     *
     * @param className - the class to load
     * @return The loaded class
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException If the class cannot be found (duh!)
     */
    public static Class classForName(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException {
        Class clazz = null;
        try {
            clazz = getClassLoader().loadClass(className);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Ignore.  Failsafe below.
        }
        if (clazz == null) {
            clazz = Class.forName(className);
        }
        return clazz;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an instance of a class
     *
     * @param className - the class to create
     * @return An instance of the class
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException If the class cannot be found (duh!)
     * @throws InstantiationException If the class cannot be instantiaed
     * @throws IllegalAccessException If the class is not public, or other access problems arise
     */
    public static Object instantiate(String className)
            throws ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException {
        return instantiate(classForName(className));
    }

    /**
     * Creates an instance of a class
     *
     * @param clazz - the class to create
     * @return An instance of the class
     * @throws InstantiationException If the class cannot be instantiaed
     * @throws IllegalAccessException If the class is not public, or other access problems arise
     */
    public static Object instantiate(Class clazz) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException {
        try {
            return clazz.newInstance();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // Try alternative...theoretically should fail for the exact same
            // reason, but in case of a weird security manager, this will help
            // some cases.
            //return clazz.newInstance();
            return clazz.newInstance();
        }
    }

    private static ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
        if (defaultClassLoader != null) {
            return defaultClassLoader;
        } else {
            return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        }
    }

    public static Charset getCharset() {
        return charset;
    }

    /**
     * Use this method to set the Charset to be used when
     * calling the getResourceAsReader methods.  This will
     * allow iBATIS to function properly when the system default
     * encoding doesn't deal well with unicode (IBATIS-340, IBATIS-349)
     * 
     * @param charset
     */
    public static void setCharset(Charset charset) {
        Resources.charset = charset;
    }

}