Java Utililty Methods Resource Get

List of utility methods to do Resource Get

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Description

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

Method

ImageInputStreamgetResourceAsStream(Class aClass, String name)
get Resource As Stream 
final InputStream is = aClass.getResourceAsStream(name);
if (is == null) {
    throw new IOException(MessageFormat.format("resource {0} not found", name));
return new FileCacheImageInputStream(is, null);
InputStreamgetResourceAsStream(final Class caller, final String resource)
Get the specified resource as an input stream. 
if ((resource == null) || (resource.length() == 0)) {
    return null;
final String absoluteResource;
if (resource.charAt(0) == '/') {
    absoluteResource = resource;
} else {
    final String callerName = caller.getName();
...
InputStreamgetResourceAsStream(String resourceLocation)
Resolve the given resource string to a java.io.InputStream. 
if (resourceLocation.startsWith(CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX)) {
    String path = resourceLocation.substring(CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX.length());
    return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(path);
try {
    return new URL(resourceLocation).openStream();
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
    return new FileInputStream(resourceLocation);
...
StringgetResourceAsString(String prefix, String resource)
get Resource As String 
Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(
        Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(prefix + resource));
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
char[] c = new char[1024];
int l;
while ((l = reader.read(c)) != -1) {
    sb.append(c, 0, l);
return sb.toString();
StringgetResourceAsString(String resource)
Gets the resource as string. 
ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
URL url = cl.getResource(resource);
InputStream is = url.openStream();
return getStreamContentAsString(is);
URLgetResourceBase()
Gets the Resource Base (resource directory). 
if (classLoader == null) {
    return null;
return classLoader.getResource(RESOURCE_BASE_DIR);
StringgetResourceBundleLocaleString(String sKey, Object[] sParam, String sResourceBundle)
Returns the locale specific string for the given resource bundle key 

ResourceBundle resourcebundleWS = ResourceBundle.getBundle(sResourceBundle);
try {
    String sString = resourcebundleWS.getString(sKey);
    return MessageFormat.format(sString, sParam);
} catch (Throwable e) {
    return sKey;
StringgetResourceContent(Object object, String resource)
Returns the name of the resource file in the form of a string 
URL testURL = object.getClass().getResource(resource);
String testFile = null;
try {
    testFile = new URI(testURL.toString()).getPath();
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
File file = new File(testFile);
...
FilegetResourceDir(final Class testClass)
Get test resource directory 
final URL dir = ClassLoader.getSystemResource(testClass.getSimpleName());
if (dir == null) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Failed to find resource for " + testClass.getSimpleName());
try {
    return new File(dir.toURI());
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(
...
StringgetResourceExpression(String select)
Returns the resource expression from the select xpath expression. 
if (select == null || (select.indexOf("/") == -1)) {
    return select;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(100);
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(select, "/");
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
    String token = (String) st.nextToken();
    int index = token.indexOf("[");
...