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package org.springframework.core.io;

/**
 * {@link ResourceLoader} implementation that resolves plain paths as
 * file system resources rather than as class path resources
 * (the latter is {@link DefaultResourceLoader}'s default strategy).
 *
 * <p><b>NOTE:</b> Plain paths will always be interpreted as relative
 * to the current VM working directory, even if they start with a slash.
 * (This is consistent with the semantics in a Servlet container.)
 * <b>Use an explicit "file:" prefix to enforce an absolute file path.</b>
 *
 * <p>{@link org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext}
 * is a full-fledged ApplicationContext implementation that provides
 * the same resource path resolution strategy.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 1.1.3
 * @see DefaultResourceLoader
 * @see org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext
 */
public class FileSystemResourceLoader extends DefaultResourceLoader {

	/**
	 * Resolve resource paths as file system paths.
	 * <p>Note: Even if a given path starts with a slash, it will get
	 * interpreted as relative to the current VM working directory.
	 * @param path the path to the resource
	 * @return the corresponding Resource handle
	 * @see FileSystemResource
	 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResourceLoader#getResourceByPath
	 */
	@Override
	protected Resource getResourceByPath(String path) {
		if (path != null && path.startsWith("/")) {
			path = path.substring(1);
		}
		return new FileSystemContextResource(path);
	}


	/**
	 * FileSystemResource that explicitly expresses a context-relative path
	 * through implementing the ContextResource interface.
	 */
	private static class FileSystemContextResource extends FileSystemResource implements ContextResource {

		public FileSystemContextResource(String path) {
			super(path);
		}

		@Override
		public String getPathWithinContext() {
			return getPath();
		}
	}

}
