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what's the difference between getResource and getEntry in Bundle interface [message #709554]

Thu, 04 August 2011 02:53

Liang Missing name

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Registered: August 2011
Location: Wuhan, China

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The fowlloing two methods are defined in org.osgi.framework.Bundle:

URL getResource(String name);
URL getEntry(String path);

So my question is what's the difference between these two methods and what is an "Entry" in a bundle?

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Re: what's the difference between getResource and getEntry in Bundle interface [message #709961 is a reply to message #709554]

Thu, 04 August 2011 14:33

Thomas Watson

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Registered: July 2009

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getResource uses the bundle's class loader to load a resource. This resource could come from imported constraints (Import-Package, Require-Bundle) or from the local bundle classpath.

getEntry only searches the bundles jar files itself and does not consider any constraints or the bundle's class path (Bundle-ClassPath header).

HTH

Tom.

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