org.xwiki.container
Interface ApplicationContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractApplicationContext

public interface ApplicationContext

Method Summary

File	getPermanentDirectory() Gets the root directory which the container must provide for storing persisting data.
URL	getResource(String resourceName)
InputStream	getResourceAsStream(String resourceName)
File	getTemporaryDirectory() Gets the directory which the container must provide for storing temporary data.

Method Detail

getResourceAsStream

InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resourceName)

getResource

URL getResource(String resourceName)
                throws MalformedURLException

Throws:

MalformedURLException

getTemporaryDirectory

File getTemporaryDirectory()

Gets the directory which the container must provide for storing temporary data. The contents of this directory may be deleted between container restarts (temporary, as the name implies), so it is not a safe place to store permanent/important data.

Returns:

a File object pointing to a directory that the application can use for storing temporary files

getPermanentDirectory

File getPermanentDirectory()

Gets the root directory which the container must provide for storing persisting data. The content of this directory will remained unchanged after a restart of the container.

Returns:

a File object pointing to the root folder of the work directory