Java Resource Get getResourceAsFile(String name)

Description

Returns a File pointing to a resource, given its name.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	Name of the resource.

Return

File pointing to the resource.

Declaration

public static File getResourceAsFile(String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.io.File;

import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**//w  w w  .j a v a 2 s  .  co  m
     * Returns a File pointing to a resource, given its name.
     * 
     * @param name
     *          Name of the resource.
     * @return File pointing to the resource.
     */
    public static File getResourceAsFile(String name) {
        String resource = getResourceAsString(name);

        // Checks if the URL starts with vfs:/ and replace it with file:/
        if (resource.startsWith("vfs:/"))
            ;
        resource.replace("vfs:/", "file:/");

        return (resource == null) ? null : new File(resource);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the URL to a resource as String, given its name.
     * 
     * @param name
     *          Name of the resource.
     * @return String form of the resource's URL.
     */
    public static String getResourceAsString(String name) {
        URL resource = getResourceAsURL(name);
        return (resource == null) ? null : resource.getPath();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the URL to a resource, given its name.
     * 
     * @param name
     *          Name of the resource.
     * @return URL to the resource.
     */
    public static URL getResourceAsURL(String name) {
        return getContextClassLoader().getResource(name);
    }

    /**
     * Obtains the class loader of the current thread.
     * 
     * @return The class loader of the current thread.
     */
    private static ClassLoader getContextClassLoader() {
        return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
    }
}

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