ResourceProvider (com.gengoai:mango 1.1-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayResourceProvider, ClasspathResourceProvider, FileResourceProvider, StdinResourceProvider, StdoutResourceProvider, StringResourceProvider, URLResourceProvider, ZipResourceProvider
```
public interface ResourceProvider
```
Creates resources for a given SCHEME. This is used in the Resources class to determine which type of resource to create when calling Resources.from(String).

Author:

David B. Bracewell

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Resource`	`createResource(String specification, Map<String,String> properties)`	Creates a resource with the given specification and properties using a `BeanMap`.
`String[]`	`getProtocols()`
`boolean`	`requiresProtocol()`

- Method Detail
  - getProtocols
```
String[] getProtocols()
```
    Returns:
    
    The protocols that this provider supports (e.g. http, file, string, etc.)
  - createResource
```
Resource createResource(String specification,
                        Map<String,String> properties)
```
    Creates a resource with the given specification and properties using a BeanMap.
    
    Parameters:
    
    specification - The specification
    
    properties - The properties
    
    Returns:
    
    A resource
  - requiresProtocol
```
boolean requiresProtocol()
```
    Returns:
    
    True if the SCHEME is required as part of the specification