com.webmethods.portal.service.content

Interface IContentSource

All Known Subinterfaces:

IContentStore

public interface IContentSource

Interface for any portal object that may be content source

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InputStream	getInputStream(boolean releaseStream) Returns input stream for content to read data from
String	getMimeType() Gets mime type for the content
void	release() Releases all allocated resources, such as streams, open files.

Method Detail

getInputStream

InputStream getInputStream(boolean releaseStream)

Returns input stream for content to read data from

Parameters:

releaseStream - if true than implementation of content source should keep track of opened stream and close it when necessary (usually when its internal state gets released on during finalize) Set it to false if you want to control when to close stream

getMimeType

String getMimeType()

Gets mime type for the content

Returns:

mime type

release

void release()

Releases all allocated resources, such as streams, open files.