Java Utililty Methods Resource Get

List of utility methods to do Resource Get

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Description

The list of methods to do Resource Get are organized into topic(s).

Method

FilegetResource(String name)
get Resource 
URI uri = locate(name);
if (uri == null) {
    return null;
return new File(uri);
URLgetResource(String name)
Determines the url of the indicated resource using the currently set class loader. 
return getClassLoader().getResource(name);
URLgetResource(String name)
Get URL name of resource and check if it exists somewhere in the classpath. 
URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(name);
if (url == null) {
    throw new IOException("could not find " + name + " in classpath");
return url;
URLgetResource(String name)
get Resource 
ClassLoader cl = getClassLoader();
if (cl == null) {
    return null;
return cl.getResource(name);
URLgetResource(String name)
Resources are those stored in the class path (e.g., src/main/resources). 
ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
return loader.getResource(name);
URLgetResource(String name, Class neighbor)
get Resource 
if (neighbor == null) {
    return getResource(name);
return getResource(resolveName(neighbor, name), neighbor.getClassLoader());
URLgetResource(String name, Class caller)
get Resource 
ClassLoader threadClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
if (threadClassLoader != null) {
    URL url = threadClassLoader.getResource(name);
    if (url != null)
        return url;
ClassLoader callerClassLoader = caller.getClassLoader();
return callerClassLoader.getResource(name);
...
InputStreamgetResource(String res)
get Resource 
URL tokensResource = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource(res);
FileInputStream is;
try {
    is = new FileInputStream(new File(tokensResource.toURI()));
    return is;
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
URLgetResource(String resource, Class context)
Loads a URL resource from the classloader; If not found, the classloader of the context class specified will be used. 
return getResource(resource, context, false);
byte[]getResourceAsBytes(String resource)
get Resource As Bytes 
ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
URL url = cl.getResource(resource);
InputStream is = url.openStream();
byte[] data = getStreamContentAsBytes(is);
is.close();
return data;