URLDataSource (Java Platform SE 6) (original) (raw)

javax.activation

Class URLDataSource

java.lang.Object extended by javax.activation.URLDataSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

public class URLDataSource

The URLDataSource class provides an object that wraps a URL object in a DataSource interface. URLDataSource simplifies the handling of data described by URLs within the JavaBeans Activation Framework because this class can be used to create new DataHandlers. NOTE: The DataHandler object creates a URLDataSource internally, when it is constructed with a URL.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

DataSource, DataHandler

Constructor Summary
URLDataSource(URL url) URLDataSource constructor.

Method Summary
String	getContentType() Returns the value of the URL content-type header field.
InputStream	getInputStream() The getInputStream method from the URL.
String	getName() Calls the getFile method on the URL used to instantiate the object.
OutputStream	getOutputStream() The getOutputStream method from the URL.
URL	getURL() Return the URL used to create this DataSource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

URLDataSource

public URLDataSource(URL url)

URLDataSource constructor. The URLDataSource class will not open a connection to the URL until a method requiring it to do so is called.

Parameters:

url - The URL to be encapsulated in this object.

Method Detail

getContentType

public String getContentType()

Returns the value of the URL content-type header field. It calls the URL's URLConnection.getContentType method after retrieving a URLConnection object.Note: this method attempts to call the openConnection method on the URL. If this method fails, or if a content type is not returned from the URLConnection, getContentType returns "application/octet-stream" as the content type.

Specified by:

[getContentType](../../javax/activation/DataSource.html#getContentType%28%29) in interface [DataSource](../../javax/activation/DataSource.html "interface in javax.activation")

Returns:

the content type.

getName

public String getName()

Calls the getFile method on the URL used to instantiate the object.

Specified by:

[getName](../../javax/activation/DataSource.html#getName%28%29) in interface [DataSource](../../javax/activation/DataSource.html "interface in javax.activation")

Returns:

the result of calling the URL's getFile method.

getInputStream

public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException

The getInputStream method from the URL. Calls theopenStream method on the URL.

Specified by:

[getInputStream](../../javax/activation/DataSource.html#getInputStream%28%29) in interface [DataSource](../../javax/activation/DataSource.html "interface in javax.activation")

Returns:

the InputStream.

Throws:

[IOException](../../java/io/IOException.html "class in java.io")

getOutputStream

public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException

The getOutputStream method from the URL. First an attempt is made to get the URLConnection object for the URL. If that succeeds, the getOutputStream method on the URLConnection is returned.

Specified by:

[getOutputStream](../../javax/activation/DataSource.html#getOutputStream%28%29) in interface [DataSource](../../javax/activation/DataSource.html "interface in javax.activation")

Returns:

the OutputStream.

Throws:

[IOException](../../java/io/IOException.html "class in java.io")

getURL

public URL getURL()

Return the URL used to create this DataSource.

Returns:

The URL.

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