Class ByteArrayRequestEntity

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.ByteArrayRequestEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

RequestEntity

public class ByteArrayRequestEntity
extends Object
implements RequestEntity

A RequestEntity that contains an array of bytes.

Since:

3.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ByteArrayRequestEntity(byte[] content)	Creates a new entity with the given content.
ByteArrayRequestEntity(byte[] content, String contentType)	Creates a new entity with the given content and content type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	getContent()
long	getContentLength()	Gets the request entity's length.
String	getContentType()	Gets the entity's content type.
boolean	isRepeatable()	Tests if RequestEntity.writeRequest(OutputStream) can be called more than once.
void	writeRequest(OutputStream out)	Writes the request entity to the given stream.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ByteArrayRequestEntity

public ByteArrayRequestEntity(byte[] content)

Creates a new entity with the given content.

Parameters:

content - The content to set.

ByteArrayRequestEntity

public ByteArrayRequestEntity(byte[] content,
 String contentType)

Creates a new entity with the given content and content type.

Parameters:

content - The content to set.

contentType - The content type to set or null.

Method Details

isRepeatable

public boolean isRepeatable()

Description copied from interface: RequestEntity

Tests if RequestEntity.writeRequest(OutputStream) can be called more than once.

Specified by:

isRepeatable in interface RequestEntity

Returns:

true

getContentType

public String getContentType()

Description copied from interface: RequestEntity

Gets the entity's content type. This content type will be used as the value for the "Content-Type" header.

Specified by:

getContentType in interface RequestEntity

Returns:

the entity's content type

See Also:

• HttpMethod.setRequestHeader(String, String)

writeRequest

public void writeRequest(OutputStream out)
                  throws IOException

Description copied from interface: RequestEntity

Writes the request entity to the given stream.

Specified by:

writeRequest in interface RequestEntity

Parameters:

out -

Throws:

IOException

getContentLength

public long getContentLength()

Description copied from interface: RequestEntity

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.

Specified by:

getContentLength in interface RequestEntity

Returns:

The length of the content.

getContent

public byte[] getContent()

Returns:

Returns the content.