org.apache.axiom.util.blob
Class BlobOutputStream

java.lang.Object
  java.io.OutputStream
      org.apache.axiom.util.blob.BlobOutputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.io.Flushable, ReadFromSupport

public abstract class BlobOutputStream
extends java.io.OutputStream
implements ReadFromSupport

Output stream that is used to write to a blob. Instances of this class are returned by the WritableBlob.getOutputStream() method.

Constructor Summary

BlobOutputStream()

Method Summary

abstract WritableBlob	getBlob() Get the blob to which this output stream belongs.
long	readFrom(java.io.InputStream inputStream, long length) Read data from the given input stream and write it to this output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.io.OutputStream

close, flush, write, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BlobOutputStream

public BlobOutputStream()

Method Detail

getBlob

public abstract WritableBlob getBlob()

Get the blob to which this output stream belongs.

Returns:

the blob

readFrom

public long readFrom(java.io.InputStream inputStream,
                     long length)
              throws StreamCopyException

Description copied from interface: ReadFromSupport

Read data from the given input stream and write it to this output stream. The method transfers data until one of the following conditions is met:

• The end of the input stream is reached.
• The value of the length argument is different from -1 and the number of bytes transferred is equal to length.

Specified by:

readFrom in interface ReadFromSupport

Parameters:

inputStream - An input stream to read data from. This method will not close the stream.

length - the number of bytes to transfer, or -1 if the method should transfer data until the end of the input stream is reached

Returns:

the number of bytes transferred

Throws:

StreamCopyException