org.deegree.crs.configuration.resources
Interface XLinkResolver<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the implementation

All Known Subinterfaces:

CRSParser<T>, CRSResource<T>, XMLResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

GMLFileResource, Parser, Parser, ProjFileResource, XMLFileResource

public interface XLinkResolver<T>

The XLinkResolver interface defines methods for the resolving of an xlink:href uri. Use-cases could be the resolving of an uri in a database, a localfile, a server or anything to which an URI could point.

Version:

$Revision: 18171 $, $Date: 2009-06-17 16:00:07 +0200 (Mi, 17 Jun 2009) $

Author:

Rutger Bezema, last edited by: $Author: mschneider $

Method Summary

T	getURIAsType(String uri) Opens a stream to a resource which is defined by the uri.

Method Detail

getURIAsType

T getURIAsType(String uri)
               throws IOException

Opens a stream to a resource which is defined by the uri.

Parameters:

uri - to locate

Returns:

an opened InputStream to the given resource or null if no resource was found.

Throws:

IOException - If an error occurred while locating or opening the resource.