com.rabbitmq.client

Interface LongString

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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static long	MAX_LENGTH

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getBytes() Get the content as a byte array.
DataInputStream	getStream() Get the content stream.
long	length()
String	toString() Get the content as a String.

Field Detail

MAX_LENGTH

static final long MAX_LENGTH

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

length

long length()

Returns:

the length of the string in bytes between 0 and MAX_LENGTH (inclusive)

getStream

DataInputStream getStream()
                   throws IOException

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

Returns:

An input stream that reads the content of the string

Throws:

IOException - if an error is encountered

getBytes

byte[] getBytes()

Get the content as a byte array. This need not be a copy. Updates to the returned array may change the value of the string. Repeated calls to this function may return the same array. This function will fail if this string's length is greater than Integer.MAX_VALUE, throwing an IllegalStateException.

Returns:

the array of bytes containing the content of the LongString

toString

String toString()

Get the content as a String. Uses UTF-8 as encoding.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

he content of the LongString as a string