Locator (zk 10.0.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

WebApp, XMLResourcesLocator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractWebApp, ClassLocator, ServletContextLocator, SimpleWebApp
```
public interface Locator
```
A locator that is able to locate a resource.

Author:

tomyeh

See Also:

Locators.getDefault()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getDirectory()`	Returns the directory used to resolve the relative path, or null if relative path is not allowed.
`java.net.URL`	`getResource(java.lang.String name)`	Finds the resource with the given name.
`java.io.InputStream`	`getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String name)`	Returns an input stream for reading the specified resource.

- Method Detail
  - getDirectory
```
java.lang.String getDirectory()
```
    Returns the directory used to resolve the relative path, or null if relative path is not allowed.
    Note: if the returned directory is not null, it must end with '/'.
  - getResource
```
java.net.URL getResource(java.lang.String name)
```
    Finds the resource with the given name. A resource is some data (images, audio, text, etc) that can be accessed by class code in a way that is independent of the location of the code.
    
    Returns:
    
    a URL for reading the resource, or null if the resource could not be found or the caller doesn't have adequate privileges to get the resource
  - getResourceAsStream
```
java.io.InputStream getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String name)
```
    Returns an input stream for reading the specified resource.
    
    Returns:
    
    an input stream for reading the resource, or null if the resource could not be found or the caller doesn't have adequate privileges to get the resource