/**
* 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;
}
/**
* serialize to a given directory and filename
*
* <p>* it is preferred to specify a designated directory (for example META-INF/reflections), so
* that it could be found later much faster using the load method
*
* <p>see the documentation for the save method on the configured {@link
* org.reflections.serializers.Serializer}
*/
public File save(final String filename) {
return save(filename, configuration.getSerializer());
}