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| author | netconomy <netconomy@7b5415b0-85f9-ee4d-85bd-d5d0c3b42d1c> | 2007-11-29 12:00:22 +0000 |
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| committer | netconomy <netconomy@7b5415b0-85f9-ee4d-85bd-d5d0c3b42d1c> | 2007-11-29 12:00:22 +0000 |
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| tree | ce05c4470d3a7a2743b4956f512288d6d0d62187 /src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/api/io/DataSink.java | |
| parent | 00809217ec7c890a844f9a7c667c71b550ad92a6 (diff) | |
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PDF-AS API
git-svn-id: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/svn/pdf-as/trunk@233 7b5415b0-85f9-ee4d-85bd-d5d0c3b42d1c
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diff --git a/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/api/io/DataSink.java b/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/api/io/DataSink.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0136cf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/api/io/DataSink.java @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +package at.gv.egiz.pdfas.api.io;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Output document data sink.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Actually, the DataSink can be seen as a factory for creating OutputStreams
+ * with mime type and character encoding provided. This allows the API user to
+ * decide how data is to be stored (e.g. in a file, in a byte array, etc.).
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @author wprinz
+ */
+public interface DataSink
+{
+ /**
+ * Creates an OutputStream for binary data.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Note that the stream may be written only once. Creating another stream
+ * overwrites the existing one.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @param mimeType
+ * The mime type of the output data.
+ * @return Returns the created output stream.
+ * @throws IOException
+ * Thrown if the stream cannot be created.
+ */
+ public OutputStream createOutputStream(String mimeType) throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Creates an OutputStream for character data.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This is basically the same as {@link #createOutputStream(String)}, but
+ * allows to specify the character encoding.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @param mimeType
+ * The mime type of the output data.
+ * @param characterEncoding
+ * The character encoding of the data.
+ * @return Returns the created output stream.
+ * @throws IOException
+ * Thrown if the stream cannot be created.
+ */
+ public OutputStream createOutputStream(String mimeType, String characterEncoding) throws IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the mime type of the data stream.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This is only valid after a stream has been created.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @return Returns the mime type of the data stream.
+ */
+ public String getMimeType();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the character encoding of the data stream.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This is only valid after a stream has been created. Null means that no
+ * character encoding was specified for the data (e.g. if the data is binary).
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @return Returns the character encoding of the data stream.
+ */
+ public String getCharacterEncoding();
+}
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