ResourceFactory (Apache Ant API)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.tools.ant.types, interface: ResourceFactory

Package org.apache.tools.ant.types

# Interface ResourceFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `ArchiveScanner`, `DependScanner`, `DirectoryScanner`, `FileResource`, `FTP.FTPDirectoryScanner`, `FTPTaskMirrorImpl.FTPDirectoryScanner`, `Project`, `SourceFileScanner`, `TarScanner`, `ZipScanner`

public interface ResourceFactory
this interface should be implemented by classes (Scanners) needing to deliver information about resources.

Since:
  Ant 1.5.2

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `Resource`
  `getResource(String name)`
  Query a resource (file, zipentry, ...) by name

- ## Method Details

  - ### getResource

    Resource getResource(String name)
    Query a resource (file, zipentry, ...) by name
    Parameters:
      `name` - relative path of the resource about which information is sought. Expects "/" to be used as the directory separator.
    Returns:
      instance of Resource; the exists attribute of Resource will tell whether the sought resource exists