it.tidalwave.role
Interface BinaryReadable

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileBinaryReadable

public interface BinaryReadable

The role of an object that can be read as a stream of bytes.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Fabrizio Giudici

Status: stable API

Field Summary

static java.lang.Class<BinaryReadable>	BinaryReadable
static BinaryReadable	DEFAULT A default implementation which throws IOException when opening the stream.

Method Summary

java.io.InputStream

openStream() Returns an InputStream to read from the object.

Field Detail

BinaryReadable

static final java.lang.Class<BinaryReadable> BinaryReadable

DEFAULT

static final BinaryReadable DEFAULT

A default implementation which throws IOException when opening the stream.

Method Detail

openStream

@Nonnull
java.io.InputStream openStream()
                               throws java.io.IOException

Returns an InputStream to read from the object.

Returns:

the InputStream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the operation can't be performed