edu.ucla.sspace.util

Interface ResourceFinder

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileResourceFinder

public interface ResourceFinder

An interface for reader file-based resources regardless of the environment in which the system is operating, e.g. a Hadoop environment.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BufferedReader	open(String fileName) Finds the file with the specified name and returns a reader for that files contents.

Method Detail

open

BufferedReader open(String fileName)
                    throws IOException

Finds the file with the specified name and returns a reader for that files contents.

Parameters:

fileName - the name of a file

Returns:

a BufferedReader to the contents of the specified file

Throws:

IOException - if the resource cannot be found or if an error occurs while opening the resource