com.rabbitmq.client.impl
Interface LongString

All Known Implementing Classes:

LongStringHelper.ByteArrayLongString

public interface LongString

An object providing access to a LongString. This might be implemented to read directly from connection socket, depending on the size of the content to be read - long strings may contain up to 4Gb of content.

Field Summary

static long

MAX_LENGTH

Method Summary

byte[]	getBytes() Get the content as a byte array.
java.io.DataInputStream	getStream() Get the content stream.
long	length() Get the length of the content of the long string in bytes

Field Detail

MAX_LENGTH

static final long MAX_LENGTH

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

length

long length()

Get the length of the content of the long string in bytes

Returns:

the length in bytes >= 0 <= MAX_LENGTH

getStream

java.io.DataInputStream getStream()
                                  throws java.io.IOException

Get the content stream. Repeated calls to this function return the same stream, which may not support rewind.

Returns:

An input stream the reads the content

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error is encountered

getBytes

byte[] getBytes()

Get the content as a byte array. Repeated calls to this function return the same array. This function will fail if getContentLength() > Integer.MAX_VALUE throwing an IllegalStateException.

Returns:

the content as an array