Interface RequestEntity

All Known Implementing Classes:
ByteArrayRequestEntity, FileRequestEntity, InputStreamRequestEntity, MultipartRequestEntity, StringRequestEntity
public interface RequestEntity
Since:
3.0

  • Method Details

    • isRepeatable

      boolean isRepeatable()
      Tests if writeRequest(OutputStream) can be called more than once.
      Returns:
      true if the entity can be written to OutputStream more than once, false otherwise.

    • writeRequest

      void writeRequest(OutputStream out) throws IOException
      Writes the request entity to the given stream.
      Parameters:
      out -
      Throws:
      IOException

    • getContentLength

      long getContentLength()
      Gets the request entity's length. This method should return a non-negative value if the content length is known or a negative value if it is not. In the latter case the EntityEnclosingMethod will use chunk encoding to transmit the request entity.
      Returns:
      a non-negative value when content length is known or a negative value when content length is not known

    • getContentType

      String getContentType()
      Gets the entity's content type. This content type will be used as the value for the "Content-Type" header.
      Returns:
      the entity's content type
      See Also: