001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.core.io; 018 019/** 020 * Extended interface for a resource that is loaded from an enclosing 021 * 'context', e.g. from a {@link javax.servlet.ServletContext} or a 022 * {@link javax.portlet.PortletContext} but also from plain classpath paths 023 * or relative file system paths (specified without an explicit prefix, 024 * hence applying relative to the local {@link ResourceLoader}'s context). 025 * 026 * @author Juergen Hoeller 027 * @since 2.5 028 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource 029 * @see org.springframework.web.portlet.context.PortletContextResource 030 */ 031public interface ContextResource extends Resource { 032 033 /** 034 * Return the path within the enclosing 'context'. 035 * <p>This is typically path relative to a context-specific root directory, 036 * e.g. a ServletContext root or a PortletContext root. 037 */ 038 String getPathWithinContext(); 039 040}