## Package org.springframework.core.io

Generic abstraction for (file-based) resources, used throughout the framework.

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Interface Summary
ContextResource: Extended interface for a resource that is loaded from an enclosing 'context', e.g. from a `ServletContext` or a `PortletContext` but also from plain classpath paths or relative file system paths (specified without an explicit prefix, hence applying relative to the local `ResourceLoader`'s context).
InputStreamSource: Simple interface for objects that are sources for an `InputStream`.
Resource: Interface for a resource descriptor that abstracts from the actual type of underlying resource, such as a file or class path resource.
ResourceLoader: Strategy interface for loading resources (e.. class path or file system resources).

Class Summary
AbstractResource: Convenience base class for `Resource` implementations, pre-implementing typical behavior.
ByteArrayResource: `Resource` implementation for a given byte array.
ClassPathResource: `Resource` implementation for class path resources.
DefaultResourceLoader: Default implementation of the `ResourceLoader` interface.
DescriptiveResource: Simple `Resource` implementation that holds a resource description but does not point to an actually readable resource.
FileSystemResource: `Resource` implementation for `java.io.File` handles.
FileSystemResourceLoader: `ResourceLoader` implementation that resolves plain paths as file system resources rather than as class path resources (the latter is `DefaultResourceLoader`'s default strategy).
InputStreamResource: `Resource` implementation for a given InputStream.
ResourceEditor: `Editor` for `Resource` descriptors, to automatically convert `String` locations e.g.
UrlResource: `Resource` implementation for `java.net.URL` locators.

## Package org.springframework.core.io Description

Generic abstraction for (file-based) resources, used throughout the framework.

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