ContextResource (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.core.io

## Interface ContextResource

- All Superinterfaces:
    InputStreamSource, Resource
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    PortletContextResource, ServletContextResource

      public interface ContextResource
      extends Resource

  Extended interface for a resource that is loaded from an enclosing 'context', e.g. from a `ServletContext` or a `PortletContext` but also from plain classpath paths or relative file system paths (specified without an explicit prefix, hence applying relative to the local `ResourceLoader`'s context).
  Since:
    2.5
  Author:
    Juergen Hoeller
  See Also:
    `ServletContextResource`, `PortletContextResource`

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `String` | `getPathWithinContext()` Return the path within the enclosing 'context'.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.Resource

      `contentLength, createRelative, exists, getDescription, getFile, getFilename, getURI, getURL, isOpen, isReadable, lastModified`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamSource

      `getInputStream`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getPathWithinContext

          String getPathWithinContext()

      Return the path within the enclosing 'context'.

      This is typically path relative to a context-specific root directory, e.g. a ServletContext root or a PortletContext root.