org.exolab.castor.net
Class URILocation

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.castor.net.URILocation

Direct Known Subclasses:

URILocationImpl

public abstract class URILocation
extends Object

An interface for handling URIs

Version:

$Revision: 5951 $ $Date: 2005-03-05 06:42:06 -0700 (Sat, 05 Mar 2005) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Constructor Summary

URILocation()

Method Summary

abstract String	getAbsoluteURI() Returns the absolute URI for this URILocation
abstract String	getBaseURI() Returns the base location of this URILocation.
abstract Reader	getReader() Returns a Reader for the resource represented by this URILocation.
abstract String	getRelativeURI() Returns the relative URI for this URILocation
String	toString() Returns the String representation of this URILocation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URILocation

public URILocation()

Method Detail

getAbsoluteURI

public abstract String getAbsoluteURI()

Returns the absolute URI for this URILocation

Returns:

the absolute URI for this URILocation

See Also:

getRelativeURI(), getBaseURI()

getBaseURI

public abstract String getBaseURI()

Returns the base location of this URILocation. If this URILocation is an URL, the base location will be equivalent to the document base for the URL.

Returns:

the base location of this URILocation

See Also:

getAbsoluteURI(), getRelativeURI()

getReader

public abstract Reader getReader()
                          throws IOException

Returns a Reader for the resource represented by this URILocation.

Returns:

a Reader for the resource represented by this URILocation

Throws:

IOException

getRelativeURI

public abstract String getRelativeURI()

Returns the relative URI for this URILocation

Returns:

the relative URI for this URILocation

See Also:

getAbsoluteURI(), getBaseURI()

toString

public String toString()

Returns the String representation of this URILocation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the String representation of this URILocation