src/main/java/org/apache/sling/api/resource/NonExistingResource.java

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package org.apache.sling.api.resource;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * Simple helper class representing nonexisting resources.
 *
 * This is an utility class to <em>create</em> non existing resources.
 * It is not meant to be used to check if a resource is a non existing
 * resource. Use the {@link ResourceUtil#isNonExistingResource(Resource)}
 * method instead (or check the resource type yourself). The reason
 * for this is that this resource might be wrapped by other resource
 * implementations like resource decorators etc.
 */
public final class NonExistingResource extends SyntheticResource {

    /**
     * Create a new non existing resource.
     * @param resourceResolver The resource resolver.
     * @param resourceURI The path of the resource.
     */
    public NonExistingResource(final ResourceResolver resourceResolver,
            final String resourceURI) {
        super(resourceResolver, resourceURI, RESOURCE_TYPE_NON_EXISTING);
    }

    /**
     * @see org.apache.sling.api.resource.SyntheticResource#getResourceType()
     */
    public final @Nonnull String getResourceType() {
        // overwrite to prevent overwriting of this method in extensions of
        // this class because the specific resource type is the marker of a
        // NonExistingResource
        return RESOURCE_TYPE_NON_EXISTING;
    }

    public String toString() {
        // overwrite to only list the class name and path, type is irrelevant
        return getClass().getSimpleName() + ", path=" + getPath();
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @return the parent resource (might be a {@link NonExistingResource} in case the parent does not exist either).
     */
    public Resource getParent() {
        Resource parent = super.getParent();
        if (parent == null) {
            return new NonExistingResource(getResourceResolver(), ResourceUtil.getParent(getPath()));
        } else {
            return parent;
        }
    }

}