org.nuxeo.ecm.core.api

Interface Blob

All Known Subinterfaces:

ManagedBlob

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBlob, AsyncBlob, BinaryBlob, BlobWrapper, ByteArrayBlob, FileBlob, JSONBlob, SimpleManagedBlob, StringBlob, URLBlob, ZipEntryBlob

public interface Blob

A blob contains large binary data, and is associated with a MIME type, encoding, and filename. It also has a fixed length, and a digest.

This interface requires that implementations of getStream() can be called several times, so the first call must not "exhaust" the stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getByteArray()
CloseableFile	getCloseableFile() Gets a CloseableFile backing this blob, which must be closed when done by the caller.
CloseableFile	getCloseableFile(String ext) Gets a CloseableFile backing this blob, which must be closed when done by the caller.
String	getDigest()
String	getDigestAlgorithm()
String	getEncoding()
File	getFile() If this blob is backed by an actual file, returns it.
String	getFilename()
long	getLength() Gets the data length in bytes if known.
String	getMimeType()
InputStream	getStream() Gets an InputStream for the data of this blob.
String	getString()
void	setDigest(String digest)
void	setEncoding(String encoding)
void	setFilename(String filename)
void	setMimeType(String mimeType)
void	transferTo(File file)
void	transferTo(OutputStream out)

Method Detail

getStream

InputStream getStream()
               throws IOException

Gets an InputStream for the data of this blob.

The contract of Blob is that this method can be called several times and will correctly return a new InputStream each time. In other words, several reads of the Blob can be done.

Like all InputStream, the result must be closed when done with it to avoid resource leaks.

Returns:

the stream

Throws:

IOException

getLength

long getLength()

Gets the data length in bytes if known.

Returns:

the data length or -1 if not known

getMimeType

String getMimeType()

getEncoding

String getEncoding()

getFilename

String getFilename()

getDigestAlgorithm

String getDigestAlgorithm()

Since:

7.4

getDigest

String getDigest()

setMimeType

void setMimeType(String mimeType)

setEncoding

void setEncoding(String encoding)

setFilename

void setFilename(String filename)

setDigest

void setDigest(String digest)

getByteArray

byte[] getByteArray()
             throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

getString

String getString()
          throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

transferTo

void transferTo(OutputStream out)
         throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

transferTo

void transferTo(File file)
         throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

getFile

File getFile()

If this blob is backed by an actual file, returns it.

The returned file may be short-lived (temporary), so should be used immediately.

Returns:

a file, or null if the blob is not backed by a file

Since:

7.2

getCloseableFile

CloseableFile getCloseableFile()
                        throws IOException

Gets a CloseableFile backing this blob, which must be closed when done by the caller.

The returned file may be the original file, a temporary file, or a symbolic link.

Returns:

a closeable file, to be closed when done

Throws:

IOException

Since:

7.2

getCloseableFile

CloseableFile getCloseableFile(String ext)
                        throws IOException

Gets a CloseableFile backing this blob, which must be closed when done by the caller.

The returned file may be the original file, a temporary file, or a symbolic link.

Parameters:

ext - the required extension for the file, or null if it doesn't matter

Returns:

a closeable file, to be closed when done

Throws:

IOException

Since:

7.2