Method getResourceAsByteArray

src/main/java/gate/util/Files.java:275–304

Get a resource from the GATE ClassLoader as a byte array.

(String resourceName)

  /** Get a resource from the GATE ClassLoader as a byte array.
    */
  public static byte[] getResourceAsByteArray(String resourceName)
    throws IOException, IndexOutOfBoundsException, ArrayStoreException {

    InputStream resourceInputStream = getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
    BufferedInputStream resourceStream =
      new BufferedInputStream(resourceInputStream);
    byte b;
    final int bufSize = 1024;
    byte[] buf = new byte[bufSize];
    int i = 0;

    // get the whole resource into buf (expanding the array as needed)
    while( (b = (byte) resourceStream.read()) != -1 ) {
      if(i == buf.length) {
        byte[] newBuf = new byte[buf.length * 2];
        System.arraycopy (buf,0,newBuf,0,i);
        buf = newBuf;
      }
      buf[i++] = b;
    }

    // close the resource stream
    resourceStream.close();

    // copy the contents of buf to an array of the correct size
    byte[] bytes = new byte[i];
    // copy from buf to bytes
    System.arraycopy (buf,0,bytes,0,i);
    return bytes;
  } // getResourceAsByteArray(String)

  /** Get a resource from the GATE resources directory as a byte array.
    * The resource name should be relative to <code>resourcePath</code> which