Source for org.jfree.repository.ContentItem

   1: /**
   2:  * ===========================================================
   3:  * LibRepository : a free Java content repository access layer
   4:  * ===========================================================
   5:  *
   6:  * Project Info:  http://jfreereport.pentaho.org/librepository/
   7:  *
   8:  * (C) Copyright 2006, by Pentaho Corporation and Contributors.
   9:  *
  10:  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
  11:  * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
  12:  * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  13:  *
  14:  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
  15:  * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  16:  * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
  17:  *
  18:  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this
  19:  * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
  20:  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  21:  *
  22:  * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  23:  * in the United States and other countries.]
  24:  *
  25:  * ------------
  26:  * ContentItem.java
  27:  * ------------
  28:  * (C) Copyright 2006, by Pentaho Corporation.
  29:  */
  30: 
  31: package org.jfree.repository;
  32: 
  33: import java.io.IOException;
  34: import java.io.InputStream;
  35: import java.io.OutputStream;
  36: 
  37: /**
  38:  * A content item holds the actual content. On a file system, this would be a
  39:  * file. Whether reading and writing the same content item at the same time is
  40:  * allowed is implementation specific.
  41:  *
  42:  * @author Thomas Morgner
  43:  */
  44: public interface ContentItem extends ContentEntity
  45: {
  46:   public String getMimeType() throws ContentIOException;
  47:   public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws ContentIOException, IOException;
  48: 
  49:   public InputStream getInputStream()
  50:       throws ContentIOException, IOException;
  51: 
  52:   public boolean isReadable();
  53:   public boolean isWriteable();
  54: }