net.sf.mmm.util.resource.api
Interface ResourceUri

All Known Implementing Classes:

ResourceUriImpl

public interface ResourceUri

This interface represents an URI pointing to the location of a DataResource. A ResourceUri can be represented as string but consists of two parts: a scheme-prefix and a path.
Here are some examples:

URI	scheme-prefix	path
file:///tmp/config.xml	file://	/tmp/config.xml
http://m-m-m.sourceforge.net/maven/index.html	http://	m-m-m.sourceforge.net/maven/index.html
classpath:net/sf/mmm/util/beans-core.xml	classpath:	net/sf/mmm/util/beans-core.xml
/home/mmm/.profile	<null>	/home/mmm/.profile
../foo/bar.ext	<null>	../foo/bar.ext
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts	<null>	C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

String	getPath() This method gets the path of this ResourceUri.
String	getSchemePrefix() This method gets the scheme-prefix of a qualified ResourceUri.
String	getUri() This method gets this ResourceUri as string.
String	toString()

Method Detail

getUri

String getUri()

This method gets this ResourceUri as string.

Returns:

the URI as string.

getSchemePrefix

String getSchemePrefix()

This method gets the scheme-prefix of a qualified ResourceUri. The scheme-prefix has the following form: [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\\.\\-+]+:(//)?. The part before the colon (:) is called the scheme.
Examples for scheme-prefixes are:

• classpath:
• file://
• http://
• https://
• ftp://

Returns:

the schemePrefix or null if this ResourceUri is unqualified.

getPath

String getPath()

This method gets the path of this ResourceUri. This is the part of the URI after the scheme-prefix.

Returns:

the path.

toString

String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object