org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources

## Interface FileProvider

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    FileResource

      public interface FileProvider

  This is an interface that resources that can provide a file should implement. This is a refactoring of `FileResource`, to allow other resources to act as sources of files (and to make components that only support file-based resources from only support FileResource resources.
  Since:
    Ant 1.8

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `java.io.File` | `getFile()` Get the file represented by this Resource.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getFile

          java.io.File getFile()

      Get the file represented by this Resource.
      Returns:
        the file.