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Interface HttpStreamParam

public interface HttpStreamParam

Defines a parameter to be submitted as part of a multipart/form-data HTTP POST operation.

Since:

21 Feb 2011

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getContentLength() Returns the number of bytes that will be written to the output stream, if konwn.
Map<String,String>	getHttpHeaders() Returns the headers associated with this parameter.
void	writeContent(OutputStream out) Writes the data content of this parameter to a stream.

Method Detail

getHttpHeaders

Map<String,String> getHttpHeaders()

Returns the headers associated with this parameter. Note these should generally include the Content-Type unless it is text/plain. The Content-Disposition should not be included.

Returns:

name->value HTTP header map

writeContent

void writeContent(OutputStream out)
           throws IOException

Writes the data content of this parameter to a stream.

Parameters:

out - destination stream

Throws:

IOException

getContentLength

long getContentLength()

Returns the number of bytes that will be written to the output stream, if konwn. If not known, -1 may be returned.

Returns:

content length, or -1 if not known