ResourceLocator (grails-core 6.2.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultResourceLocator, StaticResourceLocator
```
public interface ResourceLocator
```
Used to locate resources at development or production time.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`org.springframework.core.io.Resource`	`findResourceForClassName(java.lang.String className)`	Finds the .groovy file or .java file for a given class from a Grails project.
`org.springframework.core.io.Resource`	`findResourceForURI(java.lang.String uri)`	Finds a resource for the given URI
`void`	`setSearchLocation(java.lang.String searchLocation)`	The basic location from which to conduct the search.
`void`	`setSearchLocations(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> searchLocations)`	Multiple locations to search.

- Method Detail
  - setSearchLocation
```
void setSearchLocation(java.lang.String searchLocation)
```
    The basic location from which to conduct the search. At development time this is the base directory, during production this would be the servlet root
    
    Parameters:
    
    searchLocation - The search location
  - setSearchLocations
```
void setSearchLocations(java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> searchLocations)
```
    Multiple locations to search. See #setSearchLocation
    
    Parameters:
    
    searchLocations - The locations to search
  - findResourceForURI
```
org.springframework.core.io.Resource findResourceForURI(java.lang.String uri)
```
    Finds a resource for the given URI
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - The URI
    
    Returns:
    
    The resource or null if it doesn't exist
  - findResourceForClassName
```
org.springframework.core.io.Resource findResourceForClassName(java.lang.String className)
```
    Finds the .groovy file or .java file for a given class from a Grails project. Note that this method will return null in production since sources are not packaged unless an appropriate search location is specified to locate the resource
    
    Parameters:
    
    className - The class name
    
    Returns:
    
    The resource or null