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package org.springframework.core.io;

/**
 * ResourceLoader implementation that resolves paths as file system resources
 * rather than as class path resources (DefaultResourceLoader's strategy).
 *
 * <p>FileSystemXmlApplicationContext is a full-fledged ApplicationContext
 * implementation that provides the same resource path resolution strategy.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 1.1.3
 * @see org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext
 */
public class FileSystemResourceLoader extends DefaultResourceLoader {

	/**
	 * Resolve resource paths as file system paths.
	 * <p>Note: Even if a given path starts with a slash, it will get
	 * interpreted as relative to the current VM working directory.
	 * This is consistent with the semantics in a Servlet container.
	 * @param path path to the resource
	 * @return Resource handle
	 * @see FileSystemResource
	 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResourceLoader#getResourceByPath
	 */
	protected Resource getResourceByPath(String path) {
		if (path != null && path.startsWith("/")) {
			path = path.substring(1);
		}
		return new FileSystemResource(path);
	}

}
