javax.microedition.io.ContentConnection Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/**
* BlueCove - Java library for Bluetooth
* Copyright (C) 2004 Intel Corporation
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
* @version $Id: ContentConnection.java 907 2007-08-10 16:09:52Z skarzhevskyy $
*/
package javax.microedition.io;
/**
* This interface defines the stream connection over which content is passed.
*/
public interface ContentConnection extends StreamConnection {
/**
* Returns the type of content that the resource connected to is providing.
* For instance, if the connection is via HTTP, then the value of the content-type header field is returned.
*
* @return the content type of the resource that the URL references, or null if not known.
*/
public String getType();
/**
* Returns a string describing the encoding of the content which the resource connected to is providing.
* E.g. if the connection is via HTTP, the value of the content-encoding header field is returned.
*
* @return the content encoding of the resource that the URL references, or null if not known.
*/
public String getEncoding();
/**
* Returns the length of the content which is being provided.
* E.g. if the connection is via HTTP, then the value of the content-length header field is returned.
*
* @return the content length of the resource that this connection's URL references, or -1 if the content length is not known.
*/
public long getLength();
}