01: /*
02: * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
03: * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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06: * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
07: * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
08: *
09: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10: *
11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15: * limitations under the License.
16: */
17:
18: package org.apache.jetspeed.components.util.system;
19:
20: import java.net.MalformedURLException;
21: import java.net.URL;
22:
23: /**
24: * <p>
25: * SystemResourceUtil
26: * </p>
27: * <p>
28: * This is a simple component that allows location of system resources
29: * based on implementation. Sources could be anyone or combination of:
30: * the file system, classloaders, VFS source (see the Virtual File System
31: * project: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/sandbox/vfs/)
32: * </p>
33: *
34: * @author <a href="mailto:weaver@apache.org">Scott T. Weaver</a>
35: * @version $Id: SystemResourceUtil.java 516448 2007-03-09 16:25:47Z ate $
36: *
37: */
38: public interface SystemResourceUtil {
39: /**
40: *
41: * @return The root from were this system is running
42: */
43: String getSystemRoot();
44:
45: /**
46: * Creates a fully qualified path to the <code>relativePath</code>
47: * as a {@link java.net.URL}
48: * @param relativePath
49: * @return
50: */
51: URL getURL(String relativePath) throws MalformedURLException;
52:
53: }
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