org.apache.http.entity
Class InputStreamEntity

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.http.entity.AbstractHttpEntity
      extended by org.apache.http.entity.InputStreamEntity
All Implemented Interfaces:
HttpEntity

@NotThreadSafe
public class InputStreamEntity
extends AbstractHttpEntity

A streamed, non-repeatable entity that obtains its content from an InputStream.

Since:
4.0

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.http.entity.AbstractHttpEntity
chunked, contentEncoding, contentType
 
Constructor Summary
InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream, long length)
           
InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream, long length, ContentType contentType)
           
 
Method Summary
 void consumeContent()
          Deprecated. (4.1) Either use getContent() and call InputStream.close() on that; otherwise call writeTo(OutputStream) which is required to free the resources.
 InputStream getContent()
          Returns a content stream of the entity.
 long getContentLength()
          Tells the length of the content, if known.
 boolean isRepeatable()
          Tells if the entity is capable of producing its data more than once.
 boolean isStreaming()
          Tells whether this entity depends on an underlying stream.
 void writeTo(OutputStream outstream)
          Writes the entity content out to the output stream.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.http.entity.AbstractHttpEntity
getContentEncoding, getContentType, isChunked, setChunked, setContentEncoding, setContentEncoding, setContentType, setContentType
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

InputStreamEntity

public InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream,
                         long length)

InputStreamEntity

public InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream,
                         long length,
                         ContentType contentType)
Since:
4.2
Method Detail

isRepeatable

public boolean isRepeatable()
Description copied from interface: HttpEntity
Tells if the entity is capable of producing its data more than once. A repeatable entity's getContent() and writeTo(OutputStream) methods can be called more than once whereas a non-repeatable entity's can not.

Returns:
true if the entity is repeatable, false otherwise.

getContentLength

public long getContentLength()
Description copied from interface: HttpEntity
Tells the length of the content, if known.

Returns:
the number of bytes of the content, or a negative number if unknown. If the content length is known but exceeds Long.MAX_VALUE, a negative number is returned.

getContent

public InputStream getContent()
                       throws IOException
Description copied from interface: HttpEntity
Returns a content stream of the entity. Repeatable entities are expected to create a new instance of InputStream for each invocation of this method and therefore can be consumed multiple times. Entities that are not repeatable are expected to return the same InputStream instance and therefore may not be consumed more than once.

IMPORTANT: Please note all entity implementations must ensure that all allocated resources are properly deallocated after the InputStream.close() method is invoked.

Returns:
content stream of the entity.
Throws:
IOException - if the stream could not be created
See Also:
HttpEntity.isRepeatable()

writeTo

public void writeTo(OutputStream outstream)
             throws IOException
Description copied from interface: HttpEntity
Writes the entity content out to the output stream.

IMPORTANT: Please note all entity implementations must ensure that all allocated resources are properly deallocated when this method returns.

Parameters:
outstream - the output stream to write entity content to
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs

isStreaming

public boolean isStreaming()
Description copied from interface: HttpEntity
Tells whether this entity depends on an underlying stream. Streamed entities that read data directly from the socket should return true. Self-contained entities should return false. Wrapping entities should delegate this call to the wrapped entity.

Returns:
true if the entity content is streamed, false otherwise

consumeContent

@Deprecated
public void consumeContent()
                    throws IOException
Deprecated. (4.1) Either use getContent() and call InputStream.close() on that; otherwise call writeTo(OutputStream) which is required to free the resources.

Description copied from class: AbstractHttpEntity
The default implementation does not consume anything.

Specified by:
consumeContent in interface HttpEntity
Overrides:
consumeContent in class AbstractHttpEntity
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
See Also:
and #writeTo(OutputStream)


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