RequestEntity


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30  
31  package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods;
32  
33  import java.io.IOException  ;
34  import java.io.OutputStream  ;
35  
36  /**
37   * @since 3.0
38   */
39  public interface RequestEntity {
40  
41      /**
42       * Tests if {@link #writeRequest(OutputStream)} can be called more than once.
43       * 
44       * @return <tt>true</tt> if the entity can be written to {@link OutputStream} more than once, 
45       * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
46       */
47      boolean isRepeatable();
48  
49      /**
50       * Writes the request entity to the given stream.
51       * @param out
52       * @throws IOException
53       */
54      void writeRequest(OutputStream   out) throws IOException  ;
55      
56      /**
57       * Gets the request entity's length. This method should return a non-negative value if the content 
58       * length is known or a negative value if it is not. In the latter case the
59       * {@link org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod} will use chunk encoding to
60       * transmit the request entity.
61       *  
62       * @return a non-negative value when content length is known or a negative value when content length 
63       * is not known  
64       */
65      long getContentLength();
66      
67      /**
68       * Gets the entity's content type.  This content type will be used as the value for the
69       * "Content-Type" header.
70       * @return the entity's content type
71       * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod#setRequestHeader(String, String)
72       */
73      String   getContentType();
74      
75  }
76
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