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Diffstat (limited to 'src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/framework/input/DataSource.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/framework/input/DataSource.java | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/framework/input/DataSource.java b/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/framework/input/DataSource.java index 265cb0c..fcf55b8 100644 --- a/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/framework/input/DataSource.java +++ b/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/framework/input/DataSource.java @@ -32,4 +32,19 @@ public interface DataSource */
public int getLength();
+ /**
+ * Returns the data of this DataSource as a byte array.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Calling this method indicates that you need a byte array for random <strong>read</strong> access.
+ * The DataSource implementation should of course cache this byte array to avoid too much memory usage.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Performance analysis has shown that the libraries internally convert the streams to byte arrays and
+ * that file system access is very slow.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ public byte [] getAsByteArray();
}
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