Resource lists

The com.ibm.as400.resource.ResourceList class represents a list of iSeries resources. This is an abstract class which provides generic access to the contents of the list.

IBM Toolbox for Java provides the following resource lists:

A resource list is always either open or closed. The resource list must be open in order to access its contents. In order to provide immediate access to the contents of the list and manage memory efficiently, most resource lists are loaded incrementally.

Resource lists allow you to:

You can also filter resource lists by using selection values. Every selection value is identified using a selection ID. Similarly, resource lists can be sorted using sort values. Every sort value is identified using a sort ID. Any given subclass of ResourceList will normally document the selection IDs and sort IDs that it supports.

Examples

The following examples show various ways of working with resource lists: