PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

All Implemented Interfaces:

ResourceLoader, ResourcePatternResolver

Direct Known Subclasses:

PortletContextResourcePatternResolver, ServletContextResourcePatternResolver
```
public class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver
extends java.lang.Object
implements ResourcePatternResolver
```
A ResourcePatternResolver implementation that is able to resolve a specified resource location path into one or more matching Resources. The source path may be a simple path which has a one-to-one mapping to a target Resource, or alternatively may contain the special "classpath*:" prefix and/or internal Ant-style regular expressions (matched using Spring's AntPathMatcher utility). Both of the latter are effectively wildcards.
No Wildcards:
In the simple case, if the specified location path does not start with the "classpath*:" prefix, and does not contain a PathMatcher pattern, this resolver will simply return a single resource via a getResource() call on the underlying ResourceLoader. Examples are real URLs such as "file:C:/context.xml", pseudo-URLs such as "classpath:/context.xml", and simple unprefixed paths such as "/WEB-INF/context.xml". The latter will resolve in a fashion specific to the underlying ResourceLoader (e.g. ServletContextResource for a WebApplicationContext).
Ant-style Patterns:
When the path location contains an Ant-style pattern, e.g.:
```
 /WEB-INF/*-context.xml
 com/mycompany/**/applicationContext.xml
 file:C:/some/path/*-context.xml
 classpath:com/mycompany/**/applicationContext.xml
```
the resolver follows a more complex but defined procedure to try to resolve the wildcard. It produces a Resource for the path up to the last non-wildcard segment and obtains a URL from it. If this URL is not a "jar:" URL or container-specific variant (e.g. "zip:" in WebLogic, "wsjar" in WebSphere", etc.), then a java.io.File is obtained from it, and used to resolve the wildcard by walking the filesystem. In the case of a jar URL, the resolver either gets a java.net.JarURLConnection from it, or manually parses the jar URL, and then traverses the contents of the jar file, to resolve the wildcards.
Implications on portability:
If the specified path is already a file URL (either explicitly, or implicitly because the base ResourceLoader is a filesystem one, then wildcarding is guaranteed to work in a completely portable fashion.
If the specified path is a classpath location, then the resolver must obtain the last non-wildcard path segment URL via a Classloader.getResource() call. Since this is just a node of the path (not the file at the end) it is actually undefined (in the ClassLoader Javadocs) exactly what sort of a URL is returned in this case. In practice, it is usually a java.io.File representing the directory, where the classpath resource resolves to a filesystem location, or a jar URL of some sort, where the classpath resource resolves to a jar location. Still, there is a portability concern on this operation.
If a jar URL is obtained for the last non-wildcard segment, the resolver must be able to get a java.net.JarURLConnection from it, or manually parse the jar URL, to be able to walk the contents of the jar, and resolve the wildcard. This will work in most environments, but will fail in others, and it is strongly recommended that the wildcard resolution of resources coming from jars be thoroughly tested in your specific environment before you rely on it.
classpath*: Prefix:
There is special support for retrieving multiple class path resources with the same name, via the "classpath*:" prefix. For example, "classpath*:META-INF/beans.xml" will find all "beans.xml" files in the class path, be it in "classes" directories or in JAR files. This is particularly useful for autodetecting config files of the same name at the same location within each jar file. Internally, this happens via a ClassLoader.getResources() call, and is completely portable.
The "classpath*:" prefix can also be combined with a PathMatcher pattern in the rest of the location path, for example "classpath*:META-INF/*-beans.xml". In this case, the resolution strategy is fairly simple: a ClassLoader.getResources() call is used on the last non-wildcard path segment to get all the matching resources in the class loader hierarchy, and then off each resource the same PathMatcher resolution strategy described above is used for the wildcard subpath.
Other notes:
WARNING: Note that "classpath*:" when combined with Ant-style patterns will only work reliably with at least one root directory before the pattern starts, unless the actual target files reside in the file system. This means that a pattern like "classpath*:*.xml" will not retrieve files from the root of jar files but rather only from the root of expanded directories. This originates from a limitation in the JDK's ClassLoader.getResources() method which only returns file system locations for a passed-in empty String (indicating potential roots to search).
WARNING: Ant-style patterns with "classpath:" resources are not guaranteed to find matching resources if the root package to search is available in multiple class path locations. This is because a resource such as
```
     com/mycompany/package1/service-context.xml
 
```
may be in only one location, but when a path such as
```
     classpath:com/mycompany/**/service-context.xml
 
```
is used to try to resolve it, the resolver will work off the (first) URL returned by getResource("com/mycompany");. If this base package node exists in multiple classloader locations, the actual end resource may not be underneath. Therefore, preferably, use "classpath*:" with the same Ant-style pattern in such a case, which will search all class path locations that contain the root package.
Since: 1.0.2 Author: Juergen Hoeller, Colin Sampaleanu, Marius Bogoevici, Costin Leau See Also: ResourcePatternResolver.CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX, AntPathMatcher, ResourceLoader.getResource(String), ClassLoader.getResources(String)










Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes 

Modifier and Type
Class and Description


private static class 
PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.PatternVirtualFileVisitor
VFS visitor for path matching purposes.



private static class 
PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.VfsResourceMatchingDelegate
Inner delegate class, avoiding a hard JBoss VFS API dependency at runtime.










Field Summary

Fields 

Modifier and Type
Field and Description


private static java.lang.reflect.Method
equinoxResolveMethod 


private static Log
logger 


private PathMatcher
pathMatcher 


private ResourceLoader
resourceLoader 






Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver
CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX





Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader
CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX








Constructor Summary

Constructors 

Constructor and Description


PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver()
Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.



PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.



PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(ResourceLoader resourceLoader)
Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.










Method Summary

Methods 

Modifier and Type
Method and Description


protected Resource
convertClassLoaderURL(java.net.URL url)
Convert the given URL as returned from the ClassLoader into a Resource object.



protected java.lang.String
determineRootDir(java.lang.String location)
Determine the root directory for the given location.



protected java.util.Set<Resource>
doFindMatchingFileSystemResources(java.io.File rootDir,
                                 java.lang.String subPattern)
Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern
 via the Ant-style PathMatcher.



protected java.util.Set<Resource>
doFindPathMatchingFileResources(Resource rootDirResource,
                               java.lang.String subPattern)
Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern
 via the Ant-style PathMatcher.



protected java.util.Set<Resource>
doFindPathMatchingJarResources(Resource rootDirResource,
                              java.lang.String subPattern)
Find all resources in jar files that match the given location pattern
 via the Ant-style PathMatcher.



protected void
doRetrieveMatchingFiles(java.lang.String fullPattern,
                       java.io.File dir,
                       java.util.Set<java.io.File> result)
Recursively retrieve files that match the given pattern,
 adding them to the given result list.



protected Resource[]
findAllClassPathResources(java.lang.String location)
Find all class location resources with the given location via the ClassLoader.



protected Resource[]
findPathMatchingResources(java.lang.String locationPattern)
Find all resources that match the given location pattern via the
 Ant-style PathMatcher.



java.lang.ClassLoader
getClassLoader()
Return the ClassLoader that this pattern resolver works with
 (never null).



protected java.util.jar.JarFile
getJarFile(java.lang.String jarFileUrl)
Resolve the given jar file URL into a JarFile object.



PathMatcher
getPathMatcher()
Return the PathMatcher that this resource pattern resolver uses.



Resource
getResource(java.lang.String location)
Return a Resource handle for the specified resource.



ResourceLoader
getResourceLoader()
Return the ResourceLoader that this pattern resolver works with.



Resource[]
getResources(java.lang.String locationPattern)
Resolve the given location pattern into Resource objects.



protected boolean
isJarResource(Resource resource)
Return whether the given resource handle indicates a jar resource
 that the doFindPathMatchingJarResources method can handle.



protected Resource
resolveRootDirResource(Resource original)
Resolve the specified resource for path matching.



protected java.util.Set<java.io.File>
retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File rootDir,
                     java.lang.String pattern)
Retrieve files that match the given path pattern,
 checking the given directory and its subdirectories.



void
setPathMatcher(PathMatcher pathMatcher)
Set the PathMatcher implementation to use for this
 resource pattern resolver.







Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait














Field Detail





logger
private static final Log logger







equinoxResolveMethod
private static java.lang.reflect.Method equinoxResolveMethod







resourceLoader
private final ResourceLoader resourceLoader







pathMatcher
private PathMatcher pathMatcher









Constructor Detail





PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver
public PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver()
Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.
 ClassLoader access will happen via the thread context class loader.
See Also:
DefaultResourceLoader







PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver
public PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)
Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver with a DefaultResourceLoader.
Parameters:
classLoader - the ClassLoader to load classpath resources with,
 or null for using the thread context class loader
 at the time of actual resource access
See Also:
DefaultResourceLoader







PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver
public PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver(ResourceLoader resourceLoader)
Create a new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.
 ClassLoader access will happen via the thread context class loader.
Parameters:
resourceLoader - the ResourceLoader to load root directories and
 actual resources with









Method Detail





getResourceLoader
public ResourceLoader getResourceLoader()
Return the ResourceLoader that this pattern resolver works with.







getClassLoader
public java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()
Return the ClassLoader that this pattern resolver works with
 (never null).

Specified by:
getClassLoader in interface ResourceLoader
Returns:
the ClassLoader (never null)







setPathMatcher
public void setPathMatcher(PathMatcher pathMatcher)
Set the PathMatcher implementation to use for this
 resource pattern resolver. Default is AntPathMatcher.
See Also:
AntPathMatcher







getPathMatcher
public PathMatcher getPathMatcher()
Return the PathMatcher that this resource pattern resolver uses.







getResource
public Resource getResource(java.lang.String location)
Description copied from interface: ResourceLoader
Return a Resource handle for the specified resource.
 The handle should always be a reusable resource descriptor,
 allowing for multiple InputStreamSource.getInputStream() calls.
 

 Must support fully qualified URLs, e.g. "file:C:/test.dat".
 
Must support classpath pseudo-URLs, e.g. "classpath:test.dat".
 
Should support relative file paths, e.g. "WEB-INF/test.dat".
 (This will be implementation-specific, typically provided by an
 ApplicationContext implementation.)
 
 Note that a Resource handle does not imply an existing resource;
 you need to invoke Resource.exists() to check for existence.

Specified by:
getResource in interface ResourceLoader
Parameters:
location - the resource location
Returns:
a corresponding Resource handle
See Also:
ResourceLoader.CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX, 
Resource.exists(), 
InputStreamSource.getInputStream()







getResources
public Resource[] getResources(java.lang.String locationPattern)
                        throws java.io.IOException
Description copied from interface: ResourcePatternResolver
Resolve the given location pattern into Resource objects.
 Overlapping resource entries that point to the same physical
 resource should be avoided, as far as possible. The result should
 have set semantics.

Specified by:
getResources in interface ResourcePatternResolver
Parameters:
locationPattern - the location pattern to resolve
Returns:
the corresponding Resource objects
Throws:
java.io.IOException - in case of I/O errors







findAllClassPathResources
protected Resource[] findAllClassPathResources(java.lang.String location)
                                        throws java.io.IOException
Find all class location resources with the given location via the ClassLoader.
Parameters:
location - the absolute path within the classpath
Returns:
the result as Resource array
Throws:
java.io.IOException - in case of I/O errors
See Also:
ClassLoader.getResources(java.lang.String), 
convertClassLoaderURL(java.net.URL)







convertClassLoaderURL
protected Resource convertClassLoaderURL(java.net.URL url)
Convert the given URL as returned from the ClassLoader into a Resource object.
 The default implementation simply creates a UrlResource instance.
Parameters:
url - a URL as returned from the ClassLoader
Returns:
the corresponding Resource object
See Also:
ClassLoader.getResources(java.lang.String), 
Resource







findPathMatchingResources
protected Resource[] findPathMatchingResources(java.lang.String locationPattern)
                                        throws java.io.IOException
Find all resources that match the given location pattern via the
 Ant-style PathMatcher. Supports resources in jar files and zip files
 and in the file system.
Parameters:
locationPattern - the location pattern to match
Returns:
the result as Resource array
Throws:
java.io.IOException - in case of I/O errors
See Also:
doFindPathMatchingJarResources(org.springframework.core.io.Resource, java.lang.String), 
doFindPathMatchingFileResources(org.springframework.core.io.Resource, java.lang.String), 
PathMatcher







determineRootDir
protected java.lang.String determineRootDir(java.lang.String location)
Determine the root directory for the given location.
 Used for determining the starting point for file matching,
 resolving the root directory location to a java.io.File
 and passing it into retrieveMatchingFiles, with the
 remainder of the location as pattern.
 
Will return "/WEB-INF/" for the pattern "/WEB-INF/*.xml",
 for example.
Parameters:
location - the location to check
Returns:
the part of the location that denotes the root directory
See Also:
retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File, java.lang.String)







resolveRootDirResource
protected Resource resolveRootDirResource(Resource original)
                                   throws java.io.IOException
Resolve the specified resource for path matching.
 The default implementation detects an Equinox OSGi "bundleresource:"
 / "bundleentry:" URL and resolves it into a standard jar file URL that
 can be traversed using Spring's standard jar file traversal algorithm.
Parameters:
original - the resource to resolve
Returns:
the resolved resource (may be identical to the passed-in resource)
Throws:
java.io.IOException - in case of resolution failure







isJarResource
protected boolean isJarResource(Resource resource)
                         throws java.io.IOException
Return whether the given resource handle indicates a jar resource
 that the doFindPathMatchingJarResources method can handle.
 The default implementation checks against the URL protocols
 "jar", "zip" and "wsjar" (the latter are used by BEA WebLogic Server
 and IBM WebSphere, respectively, but can be treated like jar files).
Parameters:
resource - the resource handle to check
 (usually the root directory to start path matching from)
Throws:
java.io.IOException
See Also:
doFindPathMatchingJarResources(org.springframework.core.io.Resource, java.lang.String), 
ResourceUtils.isJarURL(java.net.URL)







doFindPathMatchingJarResources
protected java.util.Set<Resource> doFindPathMatchingJarResources(Resource rootDirResource,
                                                     java.lang.String subPattern)
                                                          throws java.io.IOException
Find all resources in jar files that match the given location pattern
 via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
Parameters:
rootDirResource - the root directory as Resource
subPattern - the sub pattern to match (below the root directory)
Returns:
the Set of matching Resource instances
Throws:
java.io.IOException - in case of I/O errors
See Also:
JarURLConnection, 
PathMatcher







getJarFile
protected java.util.jar.JarFile getJarFile(java.lang.String jarFileUrl)
                                    throws java.io.IOException
Resolve the given jar file URL into a JarFile object.
Throws:
java.io.IOException







doFindPathMatchingFileResources
protected java.util.Set<Resource> doFindPathMatchingFileResources(Resource rootDirResource,
                                                      java.lang.String subPattern)
                                                           throws java.io.IOException
Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern
 via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
Parameters:
rootDirResource - the root directory as Resource
subPattern - the sub pattern to match (below the root directory)
Returns:
the Set of matching Resource instances
Throws:
java.io.IOException - in case of I/O errors
See Also:
retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File, java.lang.String), 
PathMatcher







doFindMatchingFileSystemResources
protected java.util.Set<Resource> doFindMatchingFileSystemResources(java.io.File rootDir,
                                                        java.lang.String subPattern)
                                                             throws java.io.IOException
Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern
 via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
Parameters:
rootDir - the root directory in the file system
subPattern - the sub pattern to match (below the root directory)
Returns:
the Set of matching Resource instances
Throws:
java.io.IOException - in case of I/O errors
See Also:
retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File, java.lang.String), 
PathMatcher







retrieveMatchingFiles
protected java.util.Set<java.io.File> retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File rootDir,
                                                java.lang.String pattern)
                                                     throws java.io.IOException
Retrieve files that match the given path pattern,
 checking the given directory and its subdirectories.
Parameters:
rootDir - the directory to start from
pattern - the pattern to match against,
 relative to the root directory
Returns:
the Set of matching File instances
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if directory contents could not be retrieved







doRetrieveMatchingFiles
protected void doRetrieveMatchingFiles(java.lang.String fullPattern,
                           java.io.File dir,
                           java.util.Set<java.io.File> result)
                                throws java.io.IOException
Recursively retrieve files that match the given pattern,
 adding them to the given result list.
Parameters:
fullPattern - the pattern to match against,
 with prepended root directory path
dir - the current directory
result - the Set of matching File instances to add to
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if directory contents could not be retrieved

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`private static class`	`PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.PatternVirtualFileVisitor` VFS visitor for path matching purposes.
`private static class`	`PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver.VfsResourceMatchingDelegate` Inner delegate class, avoiding a hard JBoss VFS API dependency at runtime.

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`private static java.lang.reflect.Method`	`equinoxResolveMethod`
`private static Log`	`logger`
`private PathMatcher`	`pathMatcher`
`private ResourceLoader`	`resourceLoader`

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`protected Resource`	`convertClassLoaderURL(java.net.URL url)` Convert the given URL as returned from the ClassLoader into a Resource object.
`protected java.lang.String`	`determineRootDir(java.lang.String location)` Determine the root directory for the given location.
`protected java.util.Set<Resource>`	`doFindMatchingFileSystemResources(java.io.File rootDir, java.lang.String subPattern)` Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
`protected java.util.Set<Resource>`	`doFindPathMatchingFileResources(Resource rootDirResource, java.lang.String subPattern)` Find all resources in the file system that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
`protected java.util.Set<Resource>`	`doFindPathMatchingJarResources(Resource rootDirResource, java.lang.String subPattern)` Find all resources in jar files that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
`protected void`	`doRetrieveMatchingFiles(java.lang.String fullPattern, java.io.File dir, java.util.Set<java.io.File> result)` Recursively retrieve files that match the given pattern, adding them to the given result list.
`protected Resource[]`	`findAllClassPathResources(java.lang.String location)` Find all class location resources with the given location via the ClassLoader.
`protected Resource[]`	`findPathMatchingResources(java.lang.String locationPattern)` Find all resources that match the given location pattern via the Ant-style PathMatcher.
`java.lang.ClassLoader`	`getClassLoader()` Return the ClassLoader that this pattern resolver works with (never `null`).
`protected java.util.jar.JarFile`	`getJarFile(java.lang.String jarFileUrl)` Resolve the given jar file URL into a JarFile object.
`PathMatcher`	`getPathMatcher()` Return the PathMatcher that this resource pattern resolver uses.
`Resource`	`getResource(java.lang.String location)` Return a Resource handle for the specified resource.
`ResourceLoader`	`getResourceLoader()` Return the ResourceLoader that this pattern resolver works with.
`Resource[]`	`getResources(java.lang.String locationPattern)` Resolve the given location pattern into Resource objects.
`protected boolean`	`isJarResource(Resource resource)` Return whether the given resource handle indicates a jar resource that the `doFindPathMatchingJarResources` method can handle.
`protected Resource`	`resolveRootDirResource(Resource original)` Resolve the specified resource for path matching.
`protected java.util.Set<java.io.File>`	`retrieveMatchingFiles(java.io.File rootDir, java.lang.String pattern)` Retrieve files that match the given path pattern, checking the given directory and its subdirectories.
`void`	`setPathMatcher(PathMatcher pathMatcher)` Set the PathMatcher implementation to use for this resource pattern resolver.

Class PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

Nested Class Summary

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

logger

equinoxResolveMethod

resourceLoader

pathMatcher

Constructor Detail

PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

Method Detail

getResourceLoader

getClassLoader

setPathMatcher

getPathMatcher

getResource

getResources

findAllClassPathResources

convertClassLoaderURL

findPathMatchingResources

determineRootDir

resolveRootDirResource

isJarResource

doFindPathMatchingJarResources

getJarFile

doFindPathMatchingFileResources

doFindMatchingFileSystemResources

retrieveMatchingFiles

doRetrieveMatchingFiles