StreamRepresentation (Restlet API 2.5 Milestone 1 - Google Web Toolkit)

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 Description
  
  StreamRepresentation(MediaType mediaType)
  Constructor.
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method 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