Storage

All Known Implementing Classes:

CipherStorageProvider.CipherStorage, MemoryStorageProvider.MemoryStorage, MultiReferenceStorage, TempFileStorageProvider.TempFileStorage, ThresholdStorageProvider.ThresholdStorage
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public interface Storage
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Can be used to read data that has been stored by a StorageProvider.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`delete()`	Deletes the data held by this `Storage` as soon as possible.
`java.io.InputStream`	`getInputStream()`	Returns an `InputStream` that can be used to read the stored data.

- Method Detail
  - getInputStream
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java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                            throws java.io.IOException
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    Returns an InputStream that can be used to read the stored data. The input stream should be closed by the caller when it is no longer needed.
    Note: The stream should NOT be wrapped in a BufferedInputStream by the caller. If the implementing Storage creates a stream which would benefit from being buffered it is the Storage's responsibility to wrap it.
    
    Returns:
    
    an InputStream for reading the stored data.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this Storage instance has been deleted.
  - delete
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void delete()
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    Deletes the data held by this Storage as soon as possible. Deleting an already deleted Storage has no effect.