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| * |
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| |
| package org.apache.axiom.util.blob; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| import java.io.InputStream; |
| import java.io.OutputStream; |
| |
| import org.apache.axiom.ext.io.StreamCopyException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Stores binary data. |
| * <p> |
| * Not that blobs are not thread safe. While they support requesting multiple concurrent input |
| * streams, these streams must be used in the same thread, unless appropriate synchronization or |
| * locking is done. |
| * |
| * @deprecated Use {@link org.apache.axiom.blob.Blob} instead. |
| */ |
| public interface Blob { |
| /** |
| * Get an input stream to read the data in the blob. |
| * |
| * @return the input stream to read the data from |
| * @throws IOException |
| */ |
| InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Write the data to a given output stream. |
| * |
| * @param out |
| * The output stream to write the data to. This method will not close the stream. |
| * @throws StreamCopyException |
| * Thrown if there is an I/O when reading the data from the blob or when writing it |
| * to the stream. {@link StreamCopyException#getOperation()} can be used to |
| * determine whether the failed operation was a read or a write. |
| */ |
| void writeTo(OutputStream out) throws StreamCopyException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Get the length of the data in the blob, i.e. the number of bytes. |
| * |
| * @return the length of the data in the blob |
| */ |
| long getLength(); |
| } |