Package org.hibernate.util

Class ConfigHelper

java.lang.Object
org.hibernate.util.ConfigHelper
public final class ConfigHelper extends Object
A simple class to centralize logic needed to locate config files on the system.

  • Method Details

    • locateConfig

      public static final URL locateConfig(String path)
      Try to locate a local URL representing the incoming path. The first attempt assumes that the incoming path is an actual URL string (file://, etc). If this does not work, then the next attempts try to locate this UURL as a java system resource.
      Parameters:
      path - The path representing the config location.
      Returns:
      An appropriate URL or null.

    • findAsResource

      public static final URL findAsResource(String path)
      Try to locate a local URL representing the incoming path. This method only attempts to locate this URL as a java system resource.
      Parameters:
      path - The path representing the config location.
      Returns:
      An appropriate URL or null.

    • getConfigStream

      public static final InputStream getConfigStream(String path) throws HibernateException
      Open an InputStream to the URL represented by the incoming path. First makes a call to locateConfig(java.lang.String) in order to find an appropriate URL. URL.openStream() is then called to obtain the stream.
      Parameters:
      path - The path representing the config location.
      Returns:
      An input stream to the requested config resource.
      Throws:
      HibernateException - Unable to open stream to that resource.

    • getConfigStreamReader

      public static final Reader getConfigStreamReader(String path) throws HibernateException
      Open an Reader to the URL represented by the incoming path. First makes a call to locateConfig(java.lang.String) in order to find an appropriate URL. URL.openStream() is then called to obtain a stream, which is then wrapped in a Reader.
      Parameters:
      path - The path representing the config location.
      Returns:
      An input stream to the requested config resource.
      Throws:
      HibernateException - Unable to open reader to that resource.

    • getConfigProperties

      public static final Properties getConfigProperties(String path) throws HibernateException
      Loads a properties instance based on the data at the incoming config location.
      Parameters:
      path - The path representing the config location.
      Returns:
      The loaded properties instance.
      Throws:
      HibernateException - Unable to load properties from that resource.

    • getResourceAsStream

      public static InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resource)

    • getUserResourceAsStream

      public static InputStream getUserResourceAsStream(String resource)