net.sf.mmm.util.resource.api.spi
Interface DataResourceProvider<R extends DataResource>

Type Parameters:

R - is the generic type of the managed resources.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDataResourceProvider, ClasspathResourceProvider, FileResourceProvider, UrlResourceProvider

public interface DataResourceProvider<R extends DataResource>

This is the interface for a provider of DataResource.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

R	createResource(ResourceUri resourceUri) This method creates a new resource for the given resourceUri.
Class<R>	getResourceType() This method gets the type of the resource managed by this provider.
String[]	getSchemePrefixes() This method gets the scheme-prefix of the resources managed by this provider.

Method Detail

getSchemePrefixes

String[] getSchemePrefixes()

This method gets the scheme-prefix of the resources managed by this provider.

Returns:

the scheme-prefix.

See Also:

ResourceUri.getSchemePrefix()

getResourceType

Class<R> getResourceType()

This method gets the type of the resource managed by this provider. This is e.g. used to determine if the managed resources implement BrowsableResource.

Returns:

the class reflecting the type of the resources.

createResource

R createResource(ResourceUri resourceUri)

This method creates a new resource for the given resourceUri.

Parameters:

resourceUri - is the ResourceUri.

Returns:

the resource for the given resourceUri.