edu.wisc.trace.urcsdk.client.resources
Class FileRetriever

java.lang.Object
  edu.wisc.trace.urcsdk.client.resources.FileRetriever

public class FileRetriever
extends java.lang.Object

FileRetriever is a utility class that can retrieve files from multiple sources and return URC compliant resources.

Created on: Sep 10, 2004
Known bugs: None
Thread Safe: Yes

Version:

$Revision: 1.21 $

Author:

Andrew Martin, Trace R&D Center

Constructor Summary

FileRetriever()

Method Summary

static IResource

retrieveResource(java.net.URI resURI, ElementRef elementRef, java.lang.String valueRef, java.lang.String opRef, Constants.ResourceRole role, java.util.List<java.lang.String> langs) retriveResource takes its parameters and retrieves the file that is most closely associated with those parameters and then converts it into the correct resource type to work with.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileRetriever

public FileRetriever()

Method Detail

retrieveResource

public static IResource retrieveResource(java.net.URI resURI,
                                         ElementRef elementRef,
                                         java.lang.String valueRef,
                                         java.lang.String opRef,
                                         Constants.ResourceRole role,
                                         java.util.List<java.lang.String> langs)

retriveResource takes its parameters and retrieves the file that is most closely associated with those parameters and then converts it into the correct resource type to work with.

Parameters:

resURI - The resource URI. Must be well-formed or retrieveResource will return null.

elementRef - The element reference that this resource is associated with.

valueRef - The value reference that this resource is associated with.

opRef - The operation Ref that this resource is associated with.

role - The role of this resource.

langs - The languages supported by this resource.

Returns:

Either returns a valid IResource or null on error.