edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.ner.IO

Class ResourceUtilities

java.lang.Object

edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.ner.IO.ResourceUtilities

public class ResourceUtilities
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ResourceUtilities()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static InputStream	loadResource(String resourceFile) Loads a resource either from the local resource directory or from the classpath
static InputStream	loadResource(URL resourceURL) Overloaded version of loadResource(String) to work with lsDirectory.
static String[]	lsDirectory(String resourceDir, String dirListingFile) Lists the contents of a directory that exists either in the local path or in the classpath

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ResourceUtilities

public ResourceUtilities()

Method Detail

loadResource

public static InputStream loadResource(String resourceFile)

Loads a resource either from the local resource directory or from the classpath

Parameters:

resourceFile - The name of the resource file

Returns:

A FileInputStream or a GZIPInputStream depending on the file type

loadResource

public static InputStream loadResource(URL resourceURL)

Overloaded version of loadResource(String) to work with lsDirectory. Loads a resource either from the local resource directory or from the classpath

lsDirectory

public static String[] lsDirectory(String resourceDir,
                                   String dirListingFile)
                            throws IOException

Lists the contents of a directory that exists either in the local path or in the classpath

Parameters:

resourceDir - The name of the directory

dirListingFile - In case the directory is in a jar we need to have an index given to us

Returns:

An array of URL objects to be read

Throws:

IOException