scriptella.spi

Interface Resource

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContentEl, FallbackEl, IncludeEl, StringResource

public interface Resource

Represents reference to a text resource capable of creating new readers.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Fyodor Kupolov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.io.Reader	open() Opens a resource and returns a content reader.
java.lang.String	toString()

Method Detail

open

java.io.Reader open()
             throws java.io.IOException

Opens a resource and returns a content reader.

The returned reader implementation should be effective enough to allow usage without extra buffering, etc.

Returns:

resource content reader

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if I/O error occurs.

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

location of content or meaningful description.