src/org/apache/http/entity/ByteArrayEntity.java

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package org.apache.http.entity;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 *  An entity whose content is retrieved from a byte array.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 604625 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public class ByteArrayEntity extends AbstractHttpEntity implements Cloneable {

    protected final byte[] content;

    public ByteArrayEntity(final byte[] b) {
        super();        
        if (b == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Source byte array may not be null");
        }
        this.content = b;
    }

    public boolean isRepeatable() {
        return true;
    }

    public long getContentLength() {
        return this.content.length;
    }

    public InputStream getContent() {
        return new ByteArrayInputStream(this.content);
    }
    
    public void writeTo(final OutputStream outstream) throws IOException {
        if (outstream == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Output stream may not be null");
        }
        outstream.write(this.content);
        outstream.flush();
    }


    /**
     * Tells that this entity is not streaming.
     *
     * @return <code>false</code>
     */
    public boolean isStreaming() {
        return false;
    }

    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        return super.clone();
    }

} // class ByteArrayEntity