org.apache.http.entity

Class HttpEntityWrapper

java.lang.Object

org.apache.http.entity.HttpEntityWrapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

HttpEntity

Direct Known Subclasses:

BufferedHttpEntity

public class HttpEntityWrapper
extends Object
implements HttpEntity

Base class for wrapping entities. Keeps a wrappedEntity and delegates all calls to it. Implementations of wrapping entities can derive from this class and need to override only those methods that should not be delegated to the wrapped entity.

Since:

4.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected HttpEntity	wrappedEntity The wrapped entity.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HttpEntityWrapper(HttpEntity wrappedEntity) Creates a new entity wrapper.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	consumeContent() Deprecated. (4.1) Either use getContent() and call InputStream.close() on that; otherwise call writeTo(OutputStream) which is required to free the resources.
InputStream	getContent() Returns a content stream of the entity.
Header	getContentEncoding() Obtains the Content-Encoding header, if known.
long	getContentLength() Tells the length of the content, if known.
Header	getContentType() Obtains the Content-Type header, if known.
boolean	isChunked() Tells about chunked encoding for this entity.
boolean	isRepeatable() Tells if the entity is capable of producing its data more than once.
boolean	isStreaming() Tells whether this entity depends on an underlying stream.
void	writeTo(OutputStream outstream) Writes the entity content out to the output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

wrappedEntity

protected HttpEntity wrappedEntity

The wrapped entity.

Constructor Detail

HttpEntityWrapper

public HttpEntityWrapper(HttpEntity wrappedEntity)

Creates a new entity wrapper.

Method Detail

isRepeatable

public boolean isRepeatable()

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

Tells if the entity is capable of producing its data more than once. A repeatable entity's getContent() and writeTo(OutputStream) methods can be called more than once whereas a non-repeatable entity's can not.

Specified by:

isRepeatable in interface HttpEntity

Returns:

true if the entity is repeatable, false otherwise.

isChunked

public boolean isChunked()

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

Tells about chunked encoding for this entity. The primary purpose of this method is to indicate whether chunked encoding should be used when the entity is sent. For entities that are received, it can also indicate whether the entity was received with chunked encoding.

The behavior of wrapping entities is implementation dependent, but should respect the primary purpose.

Specified by:

isChunked in interface HttpEntity

Returns:

true if chunked encoding is preferred for this entity, or false if it is not

getContentLength

public long getContentLength()

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

Tells the length of the content, if known.

Specified by:

getContentLength in interface HttpEntity

Returns:

the number of bytes of the content, or a negative number if unknown. If the content length is known but exceeds Long.MAX_VALUE, a negative number is returned.

getContentType

public Header getContentType()

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

Obtains the Content-Type header, if known. This is the header that should be used when sending the entity, or the one that was received with the entity. It can include a charset attribute.

Specified by:

getContentType in interface HttpEntity

Returns:

the Content-Type header for this entity, or null if the content type is unknown

getContentEncoding

public Header getContentEncoding()

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

Obtains the Content-Encoding header, if known. This is the header that should be used when sending the entity, or the one that was received with the entity. Wrapping entities that modify the content encoding should adjust this header accordingly.

Specified by:

getContentEncoding in interface HttpEntity

Returns:

the Content-Encoding header for this entity, or null if the content encoding is unknown

getContent

public InputStream getContent()
                       throws IOException

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

Returns a content stream of the entity. Repeatable entities are expected to create a new instance of InputStream for each invocation of this method and therefore can be consumed multiple times. Entities that are not repeatable are expected to return the same InputStream instance and therefore may not be consumed more than once.

IMPORTANT: Please note all entity implementations must ensure that all allocated resources are properly deallocated after the InputStream.close() method is invoked.

Specified by:

getContent in interface HttpEntity

Returns:

content stream of the entity.

Throws:

IOException - if the stream could not be created

See Also:

HttpEntity.isRepeatable()

writeTo

public void writeTo(OutputStream outstream)
             throws IOException

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

Writes the entity content out to the output stream.

IMPORTANT: Please note all entity implementations must ensure that all allocated resources are properly deallocated when this method returns.

Specified by:

writeTo in interface HttpEntity

Parameters:

outstream - the output stream to write entity content to

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

isStreaming

public boolean isStreaming()

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

Tells whether this entity depends on an underlying stream. Streamed entities that read data directly from the socket should return true. Self-contained entities should return false. Wrapping entities should delegate this call to the wrapped entity.

Specified by:

isStreaming in interface HttpEntity

Returns:

true if the entity content is streamed, false otherwise

consumeContent

@Deprecated
public void consumeContent()
                                throws IOException

Deprecated. (4.1) Either use getContent() and call InputStream.close() on that; otherwise call writeTo(OutputStream) which is required to free the resources.

Description copied from interface: HttpEntity

This method is deprecated since version 4.1. Please use standard java convention to ensure resource deallocation by calling InputStream.close() on the input stream returned by HttpEntity.getContent()

This method is called to indicate that the content of this entity is no longer required. All entity implementations are expected to release all allocated resources as a result of this method invocation. Content streaming entities are also expected to dispose of the remaining content, if any. Wrapping entities should delegate this call to the wrapped entity.

This method is of particular importance for entities being received from a connection. The entity needs to be consumed completely in order to re-use the connection with keep-alive.

Specified by:

consumeContent in interface HttpEntity

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

See Also:

and #writeTo(OutputStream)