/**
   * merges saved Reflections resources from the given input stream, using the serializer configured
   * in this instance's Configuration <br>
   * useful if you know the serialized resource location and prefer not to look it up the classpath
   */
  public Reflections collect(final InputStream inputStream) {
    try {
      merge(configuration.getSerializer().read(inputStream));
      if (log != null)
        log.info(
            "Reflections collected metadata from input stream using serializer "
                + configuration.getSerializer().getClass().getName());
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      throw new ReflectionsException("could not merge input stream", ex);
    }

    return this;
  }
  /**
   * collect saved Reflections resources from all urls that contains the given packagePrefix and
   * matches the given resourceNameFilter and de-serializes them using the default serializer {@link
   * org.reflections.serializers.XmlSerializer} or using the optionally supplied optionalSerializer
   *
   * <p>it is preferred to use a designated resource prefix (for example META-INF/reflections but
   * not just META-INF), so that relevant urls could be found much faster
   *
   * @param optionalSerializer - optionally supply one serializer instance. if not specified or
   *     null, {@link org.reflections.serializers.XmlSerializer} will be used
   */
  public static Reflections collect(
      final String packagePrefix,
      final Predicate<String> resourceNameFilter,
      @Nullable Serializer... optionalSerializer) {
    Serializer serializer =
        optionalSerializer != null && optionalSerializer.length == 1
            ? optionalSerializer[0]
            : new XmlSerializer();

    Collection<URL> urls = ClasspathHelper.forPackage(packagePrefix);
    if (urls.isEmpty()) return null;
    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
    final Reflections reflections = new Reflections();
    Iterable<Vfs.File> files = Vfs.findFiles(urls, packagePrefix, resourceNameFilter);
    for (final Vfs.File file : files) {
      InputStream inputStream = null;
      try {
        inputStream = file.openInputStream();
        reflections.merge(serializer.read(inputStream));
      } catch (IOException e) {
        throw new ReflectionsException("could not merge " + file, e);
      } finally {
        close(inputStream);
      }
    }

    if (log != null) {
      Store store = reflections.getStore();
      int keys = 0;
      int values = 0;
      for (String index : store.keySet()) {
        keys += store.get(index).keySet().size();
        values += store.get(index).size();
      }

      log.info(
          format(
              "Reflections took %d ms to collect %d url%s, producing %d keys and %d values [%s]",
              System.currentTimeMillis() - start,
              urls.size(),
              urls.size() > 1 ? "s" : "",
              keys,
              values,
              Joiner.on(", ").join(urls)));
    }
    return reflections;
  }