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| /* |
| * @(#)DataSource.java 1.12 07/05/14 |
| */ |
| |
| package javax.activation; |
| |
| import java.io.InputStream; |
| import java.io.OutputStream; |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * The DataSource interface provides the JavaBeans Activation Framework |
| * with an abstraction of an arbitrary collection of data. It |
| * provides a type for that data as well as access |
| * to it in the form of <code>InputStreams</code> and |
| * <code>OutputStreams</code> where appropriate. |
| */ |
| |
| public interface DataSource { |
| |
| /** |
| * This method returns an <code>InputStream</code> representing |
| * the data and throws the appropriate exception if it can |
| * not do so. Note that a new <code>InputStream</code> object must be |
| * returned each time this method is called, and the stream must be |
| * positioned at the beginning of the data. |
| * |
| * @return an InputStream |
| */ |
| public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * This method returns an <code>OutputStream</code> where the |
| * data can be written and throws the appropriate exception if it can |
| * not do so. Note that a new <code>OutputStream</code> object must |
| * be returned each time this method is called, and the stream must |
| * be positioned at the location the data is to be written. |
| * |
| * @return an OutputStream |
| */ |
| public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * This method returns the MIME type of the data in the form of a |
| * string. It should always return a valid type. It is suggested |
| * that getContentType return "application/octet-stream" if the |
| * DataSource implementation can not determine the data type. |
| * |
| * @return the MIME Type |
| */ |
| public String getContentType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the <i>name</i> of this object where the name of the object |
| * is dependant on the nature of the underlying objects. DataSources |
| * encapsulating files may choose to return the filename of the object. |
| * (Typically this would be the last component of the filename, not an |
| * entire pathname.) |
| * |
| * @return the name of the object. |
| */ |
| public String getName(); |
| } |