Blob (AppEngine :: appengine-apis 2.0.13 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.google.appengine.api.datastore.Blob

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public final class Blob
extends Object
implements Serializable
```
Blob contains an array of bytes. This byte array can be no bigger than 1MB. To store files, particularly files larger than this 1MB limit, look at the Blobstore API.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Blob(byte[] bytes)
Construct a new Blob with the specified bytes.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(@Nullable Object object)`	Two `Blob` objects are considered equal if their contained bytes match exactly.
`byte[]`	`getBytes()`	Return the bytes stored in this `Blob`.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`String`	`toString()`	Simply prints the number of bytes contained in this `Blob`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Blob
```
public Blob(byte[] bytes)
```
    Construct a new Blob with the specified bytes. Since Blobs can be quite large we do not perform a defensive copy of the provided byte array. It is the programmer's responsibility to avoid making changes to this array once the Blob has been constructed.
- Method Detail
  - getBytes
```
public byte[] getBytes()
```
    Return the bytes stored in this Blob.
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object)
```
    Two Blob objects are considered equal if their contained bytes match exactly.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Simply prints the number of bytes contained in this Blob.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object