NetworkRequest (ambry-api 0.3.439 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

EmptyRequest
```
public interface NetworkRequest
```
Simple request

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.io.InputStream`	`getInputStream()`	The request as an input stream is returned to the caller
`long`	`getStartTimeInMs()`	Gets the start time in ms when this request started
`default boolean`	`release()`	Release any resource this request is holding.

- Method Detail
  - getInputStream
```
java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
```
    The request as an input stream is returned to the caller
    
    Returns:
    
    The inputstream that represents the request
  - getStartTimeInMs
```
long getStartTimeInMs()
```
    Gets the start time in ms when this request started
    
    Returns:
    
    The start time in ms when the request started
  - release
```
default boolean release()
```
    Release any resource this request is holding. By default it returns false so this method can be compatible with ReferenceCounted.release()
    
    Returns:
    
    true if and only if the reference count became 0 and this object has been deallocated