Interface RequestEntity
- All Known Implementing Classes:
ByteArrayRequestEntity
,FileRequestEntity
,InputStreamRequestEntity
,MultipartRequestEntity
,StringRequestEntity
public interface RequestEntity
- Since:
- 3.0
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionlong
Gets the request entity's length.Gets the entity's content type.boolean
Tests ifwriteRequest(OutputStream)
can be called more than once.void
writeRequest
(OutputStream out) Writes the request entity to the given stream.
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Method Details
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isRepeatable
boolean isRepeatable()Tests ifwriteRequest(OutputStream)
can be called more than once.- Returns:
- true if the entity can be written to
OutputStream
more than once, false otherwise.
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writeRequest
Writes the request entity to the given stream.- Parameters:
out
-- Throws:
IOException
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getContentLength
long getContentLength()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 theEntityEnclosingMethod
will use chunk encoding to transmit the request entity.- Returns:
- a non-negative value when content length is known or a negative value when content length is not known
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getContentType
String getContentType()Gets the entity's content type. This content type will be used as the value for the "Content-Type" header.- Returns:
- the entity's content type
- See Also:
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