Class VirtualResource

java.lang.Object

org.apache.catalina.webresources.EmptyResource

org.apache.catalina.webresources.VirtualResource

All Implemented Interfaces:

WebResource

public class VirtualResource
extends EmptyResource

A virtual resource that represents a directory entry created on-the-fly.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
VirtualResource(WebResourceRoot root, String webAppPath, String name)	Constructs a new VirtualResource.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getName()	Returns the name of this resource.
boolean	isDirectory()	Checks if this resource is a directory.
boolean	isVirtual()	Indicates if this resource is required for applications to correctly scan the file structure but that does not exist in either the main or any additional WebResourceSet.

Methods inherited from class EmptyResource

canRead, delete, exists, getCanonicalPath, getCertificates, getCodeBase, getContent, getContentLength, getCreation, getETag, getInputStream, getLastModified, getLastModifiedHttp, getManifest, getMimeType, getURL, getWebappPath, getWebResourceRoot, isFile, setMimeType

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Methods inherited from interface WebResource

getStrongETag

Constructor Details

VirtualResource

public VirtualResource(WebResourceRoot root,
 String webAppPath,
 String name)

Constructs a new VirtualResource.

Parameters:

root - The root resource set

webAppPath - The web application path

name - The resource name

Method Details

isVirtual

public boolean isVirtual()

Description copied from interface: WebResource

Indicates if this resource is required for applications to correctly scan the file structure but that does not exist in either the main or any additional WebResourceSet. For example, if an external directory is mapped to /WEB-INF/lib in an otherwise empty web application, /WEB-INF will be represented as a virtual resource.

Specified by:

isVirtual in interface WebResource

Overrides:

isVirtual in class EmptyResource

Returns:

true for a virtual resource

isDirectory

public boolean isDirectory()

Description copied from interface: WebResource

Checks if this resource is a directory.

Specified by:

isDirectory in interface WebResource

Overrides:

isDirectory in class EmptyResource

Returns:

File.isDirectory().

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: WebResource

Returns the name of this resource.

Specified by:

getName in interface WebResource

Overrides:

getName in class EmptyResource

Returns:

File.getName().