org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.multipart
Interface PartSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayPartSource, FilePartSource

public interface PartSource

An interface for providing access to data when posting MultiPart messages.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Michael Becke

See Also:

FilePart

Method Summary

InputStream	createInputStream() Gets a new InputStream for reading this source.
String	getFileName() Gets the name of the file this source represents.
long	getLength() Gets the number of bytes contained in this source.

Method Detail

getLength

public long getLength()

Gets the number of bytes contained in this source.

Returns:

a value >= 0

getFileName

public String getFileName()

Gets the name of the file this source represents.

Returns:

the fileName used for posting a MultiPart file part

createInputStream

public InputStream createInputStream()
                              throws IOException

Gets a new InputStream for reading this source. This method can be called more than once and should therefore return a new stream every time.

Returns:

a new InputStream

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs when creating the InputStream