PathHandler (Liquibase Parent 4.23.2 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Plugin

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPathHandler, DirectoryPathHandler, ZipPathHandler
```
public interface PathHandler
extends Plugin
```
Interface for extensions that can translate path strings into ResourceAccessors and InputStreams.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface liquibase.plugin.Plugin
  PRIORITY_DATABASE, PRIORITY_DEFAULT, PRIORITY_NOT_APPLICABLE, PRIORITY_SPECIALIZED

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`OutputStream`	`createResource(String path)`	Creates a new resource at the specified path and returns an OutputStream for writing to it.
`int`	`getPriority(String root)`	Priority of this parser for the given path.
`Resource`	`getResource(String path)`	Parse the given "absolute" path and return a `Resource` for it if it exists.
`ResourceAccessor`	`getResourceAccessor(String root)`	Parse the given path and return a `ResourceAccessor` for it.

- Method Detail
  - getPriority
```
int getPriority(String root)
```
    Priority of this parser for the given path. The implementation with the highest priority will be used.
  - getResourceAccessor
```
ResourceAccessor getResourceAccessor(String root)
                              throws IOException,
                                     FileNotFoundException
```
    Parse the given path and return a ResourceAccessor for it.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if the path is invalid
    
    FileNotFoundException - if the path is valid but does not exist
  - getResource
```
Resource getResource(String path)
              throws IOException
```
    Parse the given "absolute" path and return a Resource for it if it exists.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Resource even if the resource does not exist. Callers can check Resource.exists() to determine if it exists or not
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if the path is invalid
  - createResource
```
OutputStream createResource(String path)
                     throws IOException
```
    Creates a new resource at the specified path and returns an OutputStream for writing to it.
    
    Throws:
    
    FileAlreadyExistsException - if the file already exists
    
    IOException - if the path cannot be written to