Package games.stendhal.client.sprite

Class DataLoader

java.lang.Object

games.stendhal.client.sprite.DataLoader

public class DataLoader
extends Object

loads data

Author:

hendrik

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DataLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	addJarFile(String filename)	adds a .jar file to the repository
static URL	getResource(String name)	Finds the resource with the given name.
static InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String name)	Returns an input stream for reading the specified resource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DataLoader

public DataLoader()

Method Details

getResource

public static URL getResource(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.

The name of a resource is a '/'-separated path name that identifies the resource.

Parameters:

name - The resource name

Returns:

A URL object for reading the resource, or null if the resource could not be found or the invoker doesn't have adequate privileges to get the resource.

getResourceAsStream

public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name)

Returns an input stream for reading the specified resource.

The search order is described in the documentation for getResource(String).

Parameters:

name - The resource name

Returns:

An input stream for reading the resource, or null if the resource could not be found

Since:

1.1

addJarFile

public static void addJarFile(String filename)

adds a .jar file to the repository

Parameters:

filename - name of .jar file