Package org.apache.http.entity

Class InputStreamEntity

java.lang.Object

org.apache.http.entity.AbstractHttpEntity

org.apache.http.entity.InputStreamEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpEntity

public class InputStreamEntity
extends AbstractHttpEntity

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

Since:

4.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream)	Creates an entity with an unknown length.
InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream, long length)	Creates an entity with a specified content length.
InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream, long length, ContentType contentType)
InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream, ContentType contentType)	Creates an entity with a content type and unknown length.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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 bytes from the InputStream this entity was constructed with to an OutputStream.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.http.entity.AbstractHttpEntity

consumeContent, getContentEncoding, getContentType, isChunked, setChunked, setContentEncoding, setContentEncoding, setContentType, setContentType, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

InputStreamEntity

public InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream)

Creates an entity with an unknown length. Equivalent to new InputStreamEntity(instream, -1).

Parameters:

instream - input stream

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if instream is null

Since:

4.3

InputStreamEntity

public InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream,
 long length)

Creates an entity with a specified content length.

Parameters:

instream - input stream

length - of the input stream, -1 if unknown

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if instream is null

InputStreamEntity

public InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream,
 ContentType contentType)

Creates an entity with a content type and unknown length. Equivalent to new InputStreamEntity(instream, -1, contentType).

Parameters:

instream - input stream

contentType - content type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if instream is null

Since:

4.3

InputStreamEntity

public InputStreamEntity(InputStream instream,
 long length,
 ContentType contentType)

Parameters:

instream - input stream

length - of the input stream, -1 if unknown

contentType - for specifying the Content-Type header, may be null

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if instream is null

Since:

4.2

Method Details

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 content length or -1 if unknown

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

Writes bytes from the InputStream this entity was constructed with to an OutputStream. The content length determines how many bytes are written. If the length is unknown (-1), the stream will be completely consumed (to the end of the stream).

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