Custom Scanner
Implement your own scanner. For example:
(limitations of this solution are mentioned in the comments)
private List<String> getResourceFiles(String path) throws IOException {
List<String> filenames = new ArrayList<>();
try (
InputStream in = getResourceAsStream(path);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in))) {
String resource;
while ((resource = br.readLine()) != null) {
filenames.add(resource);
}
}
return filenames;
}
private InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resource) {
final InputStream in
= getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resource);
return in == null ? getClass().getResourceAsStream(resource) : in;
}
private ClassLoader getContextClassLoader() {
return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
}
Spring Framework
Use PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver
from Spring Framework.
Ronmamo Reflections
The other techniques might be slow at runtime for huge CLASSPATH values. A faster solution is to use ronmamo’s Reflections API, which precompiles the search at compile time.