org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset

Interface Asset

All Known Subinterfaces:

NamedAsset

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArchiveAsset, ByteArrayAsset, ClassAsset, ClassLoaderAsset, EmptyAsset, FileAsset, StringAsset, UrlAsset

public interface Asset

Represents byte-based content. Typically stored within a Node inside of an Archive under a context ArchivePath. May be added directly to all Archive types.

Author:

Aslak Knutsen, ALR

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InputStream	openStream() Get a input stream for the resource content.

Method Detail

openStream

InputStream openStream()

Get a input stream for the resource content. The caller is responsible for closing the stream. If this returns null, this denotes that the Asset is to be viewed as a logical path (placeholder/directory) only with no backing content.

Returns:

A new open InputStream for each call, or null if this type simply represents a logical path within an Archive