org.dmfs.httpessentials.client

Interface HttpRequestEntity

public interface HttpRequestEntity

Defines an interface of an HTTP message request body entity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.dmfs.jems.optional.Optional<java.lang.Long>	contentLength() Returns the length of the content, if known.
org.dmfs.jems.optional.Optional<MediaType>	contentType() Returns the MediaType of the entity, if known.
void	writeContent(java.io.OutputStream out) Writes the content to the given OutputStream.

Method Detail

contentType

org.dmfs.jems.optional.Optional<MediaType> contentType()

Returns the MediaType of the entity, if known.

Returns:

The Optional content MediaType.

contentLength

org.dmfs.jems.optional.Optional<java.lang.Long> contentLength()

Returns the length of the content, if known.

Returns:

The Optional content length.

writeContent

void writeContent(java.io.OutputStream out)
           throws java.io.IOException

Writes the content to the given OutputStream. Note that the stream is property of the caller and must not be closed by this method.

Parameters:

out - The OutputStream to write to.

Throws:

java.io.IOException