RequestEntity

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org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods
Interface RequestEntity

All Known Implementing Classes:: ByteArrayRequestEntity, InputStreamRequestEntity, StringRequestEntity

public interface RequestEntity

Since:: 3.0

Method Summary

long getContentLength()
          Gets the request entity's length.

java.lang.String getContentType()
          Gets the entity's content type.

boolean isRepeatable()
          Tests if writeRequest(OutputStream) 55 can be called more than once.

void writeRequest(java.io.OutputStream out)
          Writes the request entity to the given stream.

Method Detail

isRepeatable

public boolean isRepeatable()

Tests if writeRequest(OutputStream) 55 can be called more than once.

writeRequest

public void writeRequest(java.io.OutputStream out)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Writes the request entity to the given stream.

getContentLength

public long getContentLength()

Gets the request entity's length. This method should return a non-negative value if the content length is known or a negative value if it is not. In the latter case the EntityEnclosingMethod will use chunk encoding to transmit the request entity.

getContentType

public java.lang.String getContentType()

Gets the entity's content type. This content type will be used as the value for the "Content-Type" header.