org.apache.avalon.excalibur.monitor
Class StreamResource

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.avalon.excalibur.monitor.Resource
      org.apache.avalon.excalibur.monitor.StreamResource

All Implemented Interfaces:

Modifiable

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileResource, SourceResource

public abstract class StreamResource

extends Resource

Managed Stream based Resource. This is convenient when you want to dynamically set and get the information from the resource. For instance, the Resource does not need to be actively monitored if all access to the resource goes through this type of Resource. It can notify the change as soon as the Writer or OutputStream has been closed.

Version:

$Id: StreamResource.java,v 1.4 2004/02/28 11:47:32 cziegeler Exp $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.avalon.excalibur.monitor.Resource

m_eventSupport, m_previousModified, MODIFIED

Constructor Summary

StreamResource(java.lang.String location)
Required constructor.

Method Summary

abstract java.io.Reader	getResourceAsReader() Get the Resource contents as a Reader.
abstract java.io.InputStream	getResourceAsStream() Get the Resource contents as an InputStream.
abstract java.io.OutputStream	setResourceAsStream() Set the Resource contents as an OutputStream.
abstract java.io.Writer	setResourceAsWriter() Set the Resource contents as a Writer.
protected void	streamClosedEvent() Automatically handle the streamClosedEvent from the ResourceOutputStream and ResourceWriter.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.avalon.excalibur.monitor.Resource

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListenersFrom, fireAndSetModifiedTime, getEventSupport, getPreviousModified, getResourceKey, hasListeners, hasListeners, lastModified, removeAllPropertyChangeListeners, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, setPreviousModified, testModifiedAfter, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StreamResource

public StreamResource(java.lang.String location)
               throws java.lang.Exception

Required constructor. The String location is transformed by the specific resource monitor. For instance, a FileResource will be able to convert a string representation of a path to the proper File object.

Method Detail

getResourceAsStream

public abstract java.io.InputStream getResourceAsStream()
                                                 throws java.io.IOException

Get the Resource contents as an InputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getResourceAsReader

public abstract java.io.Reader getResourceAsReader()
                                            throws java.io.IOException

Get the Resource contents as a Reader.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

setResourceAsStream

public abstract java.io.OutputStream setResourceAsStream()
                                                  throws java.io.IOException

Set the Resource contents as an OutputStream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

setResourceAsWriter

public abstract java.io.Writer setResourceAsWriter()
                                            throws java.io.IOException

Set the Resource contents as a Writer.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

streamClosedEvent

protected void streamClosedEvent()

Automatically handle the streamClosedEvent from the ResourceOutputStream and ResourceWriter.