net.netheos.pcsapi.bytesio
Interface ByteSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

FileByteSource, MemoryByteSource, ProgressByteSource, RangeByteSource

public interface ByteSource

Readable source of bytes that supplies an ByteSink

Method Summary

long	length() Return length of stream (must be known before consuming stream)
InputStream	openStream() Returns a ByteSourceStream object for reading data, to be closed by caller

Method Detail

openStream

InputStream openStream()
                       throws IOException

Returns a ByteSourceStream object for reading data, to be closed by caller

Returns:

the underlying stream

Throws:

IOException

length

long length()

Return length of stream (must be known before consuming stream)

Returns:

The stream bytes count