public interface ResourcePatternResolver extends ResourceLoader
This is an extension to the ResourceLoader
 interface. A passed-in ResourceLoader (for example, an
 org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext passed in via
 org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware when running in a context)
 can be checked whether it implements this extended interface too.
 
PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver is a standalone implementation
 that is usable outside an ApplicationContext, also used by
 ResourceArrayPropertyEditor for populating Resource array bean properties.
 
Can be used with any sort of location pattern (e.g. "/WEB-INF/*-context.xml"): Input patterns have to match the strategy implementation. This interface just specifies the conversion method rather than a specific pattern format.
This interface also suggests a new resource prefix "classpath*:" for all matching resources from the class path. Note that the resource location is expected to be a path without placeholders in this case (e.g. "/beans.xml"); JAR files or classes directories can contain multiple files of the same name.
Resource, 
ResourceLoader, 
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext, 
org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware| Modifier and Type | Field and Description | 
|---|---|
| static String | CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIXPseudo URL prefix for all matching resources from the class path: "classpath*:"
 This differs from ResourceLoader's classpath URL prefix in that it
 retrieves all matching resources for a given name (e.g. | 
CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| Resource[] | getResources(String locationPattern)Resolve the given location pattern into Resource objects. | 
getClassLoader, getResourcestatic final String CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX
Resource[] getResources(String locationPattern) throws IOException
Overlapping resource entries that point to the same physical resource should be avoided, as far as possible. The result should have set semantics.
locationPattern - the location pattern to resolveIOException - in case of I/O errors