org.restlet.client.representation

Class StreamRepresentation

java.lang.Object

org.restlet.client.representation.Variant

org.restlet.client.representation.RepresentationInfo

org.restlet.client.representation.Representation

org.restlet.client.representation.StreamRepresentation

Direct Known Subclasses:

InputRepresentation

public abstract class StreamRepresentation
extends Representation

Representation based on a BIO stream.

Author:

Jerome Louvel

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.restlet.client.representation.Representation

UNKNOWN_SIZE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StreamRepresentation(MediaType mediaType) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.io.Reader	getReader() Returns a characters reader with the representation's content.

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.client.representation.Representation

append, exhaust, getAvailableSize, getDisposition, getExpirationDate, getRange, getSize, getStream, getText, hasKnownSize, isAvailable, isEmpty, isTransient, release, setAvailable, setDisposition, setExpirationDate, setRange, setSize, setTransient

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.client.representation.RepresentationInfo

getModificationDate, getTag, setModificationDate, setTag

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.client.representation.Variant

createClientInfo, equals, getCharacterSet, getEncodings, getLanguages, getLocationRef, getMediaType, hashCode, includes, isCompatible, setCharacterSet, setEncodings, setLanguages, setLocationRef, setLocationRef, setMediaType, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StreamRepresentation

public StreamRepresentation(MediaType mediaType)

Constructor.

Parameters:

mediaType - The media type.

Method Detail

getReader

public java.io.Reader getReader()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from class: Representation

Returns a characters reader with the representation's content. This method is ensured to return a fresh reader for each invocation unless it is a transient representation, in which case null is returned. If the representation has no character set defined, the system's default one will be used.

Specified by:

getReader in class Representation

Returns:

A reader with the representation's content.

Throws:

java.io.IOException