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<span id="importlib-resources-abc-abstract-base-classes-for-resources"></span><h1><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">importlib.resources.abc</span></code> – Abstract base classes for resources<a class="headerlink" href="#module-importlib.resources.abc" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">importlib.resources.abc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ResourceReader</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p><em>Superseded by TraversableResources</em></p>
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<p>An <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-abstract-base-class"><span class="xref std std-term">abstract base class</span></a> to provide the ability to read
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<em>resources</em>.</p>
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<p>From the perspective of this ABC, a <em>resource</em> is a binary
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artifact that is shipped within a package. Typically this is
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something like a data file that lives next to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__init__.py</span></code>
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file of the package. The purpose of this class is to help abstract
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<p>For any of methods of this class, a <em>resource</em> argument is
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names is packages and resources, respectively. This is also why
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instances of this class are expected to directly correlate to
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packages or a module).</p>
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<p>Loaders that wish to support resource reading are expected to
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<p><span class="versionmodified deprecated">Deprecated since version 3.12: </span>Use <a class="reference internal" href="#importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources" title="importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources</span></code></a> instead.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.open_resource">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">open_resource</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">resource</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.open_resource" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><blockquote>
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<div><p>Returns an opened, <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file-like object</span></a> for binary reading
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of the <em>resource</em>.</p>
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<p>If the resource cannot be found, <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#FileNotFoundError" title="FileNotFoundError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FileNotFoundError</span></code></a> is
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raised.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.resource_path">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">resource_path</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">resource</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.resource_path" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<div><p>Returns the file system path to the <em>resource</em>.</p>
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<p>If the resource does not concretely exist on the file system,
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raise <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#FileNotFoundError" title="FileNotFoundError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FileNotFoundError</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.is_resource">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">is_resource</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.is_resource" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><blockquote>
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<div><p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the named <em>name</em> is considered a resource.
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<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#FileNotFoundError" title="FileNotFoundError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FileNotFoundError</span></code></a> is raised if <em>name</em> does not exist.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.contents">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">contents</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.contents" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><blockquote>
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						||
<div><p>Returns an <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-iterable"><span class="xref std std-term">iterable</span></a> of strings over the contents of
 | 
						||
the package. Do note that it is not required that all names
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returned by the iterator be actual resources, e.g. it is
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acceptable to return names for which <a class="reference internal" href="#importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.is_resource" title="importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader.is_resource"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">is_resource()</span></code></a> would
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be false.</p>
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<p>Allowing non-resource names to be returned is to allow for
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situations where how a package and its resources are stored
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are known a priori and the non-resource names would be useful.
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For instance, returning subdirectory names is allowed so that
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when it is known that the package and resources are stored on
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the file system then those subdirectory names can be used
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<p>The abstract method returns an iterable of no items.</p>
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</div></blockquote>
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</dd></dl>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">importlib.resources.abc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Traversable</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>An object with a subset of <a class="reference internal" href="pathlib.html#pathlib.Path" title="pathlib.Path"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pathlib.Path</span></code></a> methods suitable for
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traversing directories and opening files.</p>
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<p>For a representation of the object on the file-system, use
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<a class="reference internal" href="importlib.resources.html#importlib.resources.as_file" title="importlib.resources.as_file"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">importlib.resources.as_file()</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.name">
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<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">name</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.name" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Abstract. The base name of this object without any parent references.</p>
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<dl class="py method">
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.iterdir">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">iterdir</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.iterdir" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Yield Traversable objects in self.</p>
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</dd></dl>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.is_dir">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">is_dir</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.is_dir" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if self is a directory.</p>
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<dl class="py method">
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.is_file">
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">is_file</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.is_file" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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						||
<dd><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if self is a file.</p>
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</dd></dl>
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<dl class="py method">
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.joinpath">
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						||
<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">joinpath</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">pathsegments</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.joinpath" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | 
						||
<dd><p>Traverse directories according to <em>pathsegments</em> and return
 | 
						||
the result as <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Traversable</span></code>.</p>
 | 
						||
<p>Each <em>pathsegments</em> argument may contain multiple names separated by
 | 
						||
forward slashes (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">posixpath.sep</span></code> ).
 | 
						||
For example, the following are equivalent:</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">files</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">joinpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'subdir'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'subsuddir'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'file.txt'</span><span class="p">)</span>
 | 
						||
<span class="n">files</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">joinpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'subdir/subsuddir/file.txt'</span><span class="p">)</span>
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						||
</pre></div>
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						||
</div>
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						||
<p>Note that some <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Traversable</span></code> implementations
 | 
						||
might not be updated to the latest version of the protocol.
 | 
						||
For compatibility with such implementations, provide a single argument
 | 
						||
without path separators to each call to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">joinpath</span></code>. For example:</p>
 | 
						||
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">files</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">joinpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'subdir'</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">joinpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'subsubdir'</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">joinpath</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'file.txt'</span><span class="p">)</span>
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						||
</pre></div>
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						||
</div>
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						||
<div class="versionchanged">
 | 
						||
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.11: </span><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">joinpath</span></code> accepts multiple <em>pathsegments</em>, and these segments
 | 
						||
may contain forward slashes as path separators.
 | 
						||
Previously, only a single <em>child</em> argument was accepted.</p>
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						||
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						||
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						||
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						||
<dl class="py method">
 | 
						||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.__truediv__">
 | 
						||
<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__truediv__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">child</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.__truediv__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | 
						||
<dd><p>Return Traversable child in self.
 | 
						||
Equivalent to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">joinpath(child)</span></code>.</p>
 | 
						||
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						||
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						||
<dl class="py method">
 | 
						||
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.open">
 | 
						||
<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">open</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">mode</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'r'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.open" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | 
						||
<dd><p><em>mode</em> may be ‘r’ or ‘rb’ to open as text or binary. Return a handle
 | 
						||
suitable for reading (same as <a class="reference internal" href="pathlib.html#pathlib.Path.open" title="pathlib.Path.open"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pathlib.Path.open</span></code></a>).</p>
 | 
						||
<p>When opening as text, accepts encoding parameters such as those
 | 
						||
accepted by <a class="reference internal" href="io.html#io.TextIOWrapper" title="io.TextIOWrapper"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">io.TextIOWrapper</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dl class="py method">
 | 
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.read_bytes">
 | 
						||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">read_bytes</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.read_bytes" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | 
						||
<dd><p>Read contents of self as bytes.</p>
 | 
						||
</dd></dl>
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<dl class="py method">
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.read_text">
 | 
						||
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">read_text</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable.read_text" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | 
						||
<dd><p>Read contents of self as text.</p>
 | 
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</dd></dl>
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</dd></dl>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources">
 | 
						||
<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">importlib.resources.abc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">TraversableResources</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | 
						||
<dd><p>An abstract base class for resource readers capable of serving
 | 
						||
the <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.resources.html#importlib.resources.files" title="importlib.resources.files"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">importlib.resources.files()</span></code></a> interface. Subclasses
 | 
						||
<a class="reference internal" href="#importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader" title="importlib.resources.abc.ResourceReader"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ResourceReader</span></code></a> and provides
 | 
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concrete implementations of the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ResourceReader</span></code>’s
 | 
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abstract methods. Therefore, any loader supplying
 | 
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<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TraversableResources</span></code> also supplies <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ResourceReader</span></code>.</p>
 | 
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 | 
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources.files">
 | 
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<em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">files</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources.files" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="#importlib.resources.abc.Traversable" title="importlib.resources.abc.Traversable"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">importlib.resources.abc.Traversable</span></code></a> object for the loaded
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