Java ClassPath Get getClassPathResourcesAsStreams(String relativeResourceName)

Declaration

public static List<InputStream> getClassPathResourcesAsStreams(String relativeResourceName) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Search resources within the classpath that match the given name, create input streams
     * from the found resources and return them as a list.
     * 
     * @param relativeResourceName resource name relative to the root elements of the classpath 
     *                 (usually the jar-files root element, or the folder specified in the classpath)
     * @return a List<InputStream> of input streams matching the resource name
     */
    public static List<InputStream> getClassPathResourcesAsStreams(String relativeResourceName) {
        List<InputStream> result = new ArrayList<InputStream>();
        try {
            Enumeration<URL> resourceUrls = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
                    .getResources(relativeResourceName);
            while (resourceUrls.hasMoreElements()) {
                result.add(((InputStream) (resourceUrls.nextElement().getContent())));
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
            npe.printStackTrace();
        }
        return result;
    }
}

Related

1. getClassPathPath()
2. getClasspathResource(final String resource)
3. getClasspathResource(String name)
4. getClasspathResource(String path)
5. getClasspathResourceAsFile(String resourceName)
6. getClassPathRoot(Class cl)
7. getClasspathString()