Java Utililty Methods Resource Load

List of utility methods to do Resource Load

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Description

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

Method

PropertiesgetResource(final String resource)
Reads configuration from a classpath resource stream obtained from the current thread's class loader through ClassLoader#getSystemResourceAsStream(String) . 
InputStream input = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resource);
if (input == null) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("configuration file '" + resource + "' not found on classpath");
final Properties config = new Properties();
try {
    config.load(input);
} catch (final IOException e) {
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FilegetResource(String fileName)
get Resource 
return new File(attemptResolvePathFromBSearchRoot("resources/" + fileName));
FilegetResource(String fileName, int type)
Returns a game resource. 
String filePath;
switch (type) {
default:
    filePath = paths.get(type) + fileName;
    break;
case RES_PREFERENCE:
    filePath = paths.get(type) + fileName + ".properties";
    break;
...
InputStreamgetResource(String name)
get Resource 
ClassLoader classloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
InputStream is = classloader.getResourceAsStream(name);
return is;
InputStreamgetResource(String path)
Get a resource relative to the application class. 
InputStream x = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("./" + path);
if (x != null)
    return x;
try {
    return new FileInputStream("./data/" + path);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return null;
InputStreamgetResource(String propertiesPath)
get Resource 
return new FileInputStream(new File(propertiesPath));
InputStreamgetResource(String uri)
Get an InputStream from specified resource uri. 
try {
    return new URL(uri).openStream();
} catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
    return new FileInputStream(uri);
StringgetResourceAbsolutePath(String pluginId, String... path)
Provide bundle resource absolute path 
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
for (String fragment : path) {
    builder.append("/" + fragment);
String filePath = "";
try {
    filePath = FileLocator.toFileURL(Platform.getBundle(pluginId).getEntry("/")).getFile() + "resources"
            + builder.toString();
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BufferedReadergetResourceAsBufferedReader(Class clazz, String resourceName)
get Resource As Buffered Reader 
return new BufferedReader(getResourceAsInputStreamReader(clazz, resourceName));
byte[]getResourceAsByteArray(Object context, String resourceName)
get Resource As Byte Array 
InputStream inputStream = getResourceAsStream(context, resourceName);
final ByteArrayOutputStream fileBytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
try {
    writeInputToOutput(inputStream, fileBytes);
} finally {
    inputStream.close();
return fileBytes.toByteArray();
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