de.enough.polish.util
Class ResourceStreamUtil

java.lang.Object
  de.enough.polish.util.ResourceStreamUtil

public class ResourceStreamUtil
extends java.lang.Object

A convenience class for accessing resources.

Copyright Enough Software 2008

Author:

Robert Virkus, j2mepolish@enough.de

Method Summary

static byte[]	getResourceAsByteArray(java.lang.String url) Retrieves a resource as a byte array.
static byte[]	toByteArray(java.io.InputStream in) Retrieves a resource as a byte array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getResourceAsByteArray

public static byte[] getResourceAsByteArray(java.lang.String url)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Retrieves a resource as a byte array.

Parameters:

url - the URL of the resource within the JAR file, e.g. /resource.xml

Returns:

the resource as byte array

Throws:

java.io.IOException - when the resource could not be read

toByteArray

public static byte[] toByteArray(java.io.InputStream in)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Retrieves a resource as a byte array.

Parameters:

in - the input stream of the resource, the input stream will be closed automatically

Returns:

the resource as byte array

Throws:

java.io.IOException - when the resource could not be read