com.croftsoft.core.lang
Class ClassLib

java.lang.Object
  com.croftsoft.core.lang.ClassLib

public final class ClassLib
extends Object

Static methods to complement the java.lang.Class methods.

Since:

2001-07-24

Version:

2002-10-29

See Also:

Class

Author:

David Wallace Croft

Method Summary

static Image	getResourceAsImage(Class relativeClass, String filename) Loads an Image as a class resource.
static String	getResourceAsText(Class relativeClass, String filename) Loads a resource into memory as a String.
static String	getShortName(Class c) Returns the name of the Class without the package prefix.
static void	main(String[] args)
static boolean	test(String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

test

public static boolean test(String[] args)

getResourceAsText

public static String getResourceAsText(Class relativeClass,
                                       String filename)
                                throws IOException

Loads a resource into memory as a String.

Useful for loading a text file from a JAR on the classpath.

Implemented using Class.getResourceAsStream(). Review of the documentation of this method is advised in order to understand the relative search path.

Parameters:

relativeClass - The Class used for the text file search.

filename - The path to the file, usually started by "/".

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

Class.getResourceAsStream(java.lang.String)

getResourceAsImage

public static Image getResourceAsImage(Class relativeClass,
                                       String filename)
                                throws IOException

Loads an Image as a class resource.

Useful for when you need to load an image file from a JAR.

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

"Zukowski, Definitive Guide to Swing for Java 2, Second Edition, 2000, p107."

getShortName

public static String getShortName(Class c)

Returns the name of the Class without the package prefix.

For example, this method would return "ClassLib" for class com.croftsoft.core.lang.ClassLib.

See Also:

java.lang.Class#getName(java.lang.String)