abs.ixi.client.io.multipart

Interface ContentSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContentSource, ByteArrayContentSource, FileContentSource, InputStreamContentSource

public interface ContentSource

An interface which unifies content handling through out SDK and server. Each implementation of this interface will have its own way of storing data, writing it to a stream or network socket.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getLength()
long	writeTo(OutputStream stream) Write this content to a OutputStream instance.
long	writeTo(Socket socket) Write this content on to a network socket
long	writeTo(SocketChannel channel) Write this content on to a SocketChannel

Method Detail

getLength

long getLength()

Returns:

number of bytes required to capture the content in in-memory. Returns -1 if the length can not be determined.

writeTo

long writeTo(Socket socket)
      throws IOException

Write this content on to a network socket

Parameters:

socket - socket

Returns:

long long

Throws:

IOException - IOException

writeTo

long writeTo(SocketChannel channel)
      throws IOException

Write this content on to a SocketChannel

Parameters:

channel - channel

Returns:

long long

Throws:

IOException - IOException

writeTo

long writeTo(OutputStream stream)
      throws IOException

Write this content to a OutputStream instance.

Parameters:

stream - stream

Returns:

long long

Throws:

IOException - IOException