IResourceDescriptor (formcycle: BOM 8.0.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayResourceDescriptor, CombinedResourceDescriptor, DevResourceDescriptor, DevResourceDescriptor, EmptyResourceDescriptor, SupplyingResourceDescriptor, UrlResourceDescriptor, WrappedResourceDescriptor
```
public interface IResourceDescriptor
extends Serializable
```
A resource descriptor that consists of an URI serving as the identifier for the resource, and an open() method for accessing the content of the resource. The resource identifier is used, for example, to prevent the same resource from being read multiple times. The content of the resource should not be dynamic and always be the same for a given URI.

Since:

7.0.0

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  URI getAbsoluteUri()
  
  default Charset getCharset()
  
  InputStream open()

- Method Detail
  - getAbsoluteUri
```
URI getAbsoluteUri()
```
    Returns:
    
    An absolute URI that identifies this resource. It is an error for this to return an URI where URI.isAbsolute() yields false.
  - open
```
InputStream open()
          throws IOException
```
    Returns:
    
    An input stream to the content of the resource.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - When the resource could not be opened.
  - getCharset
```
default Charset getCharset()
```
    Returns:
    
    When this resource is a plain text resource: the charset or encoding of the text. Defaults to UTF_8.
    
    Since:
    
    8.0.0