org.jboss.netty.handler.stream
Interface ChunkedInput

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChunkedFile, ChunkedNioFile, ChunkedNioStream, ChunkedStream

public interface ChunkedInput

A large data stream which is consumed by ChunkedWriteHandler.

Version:

$Rev: 1685 $, $Date: 2009-08-28 16:15:49 +0900 (금, 28 8 2009) $

Author:

The Netty Project (netty-dev@lists.jboss.org), Trustin Lee (tlee@redhat.com)

Method Summary

void	close() Releases the resources associated with the stream.
boolean	hasNextChunk() Returns true if and only if there is any data left in the stream.
Object	nextChunk() Fetches a chunked data from the stream.

Method Detail

hasNextChunk

boolean hasNextChunk()
                     throws Exception

Returns true if and only if there is any data left in the stream.

Throws:

Exception

nextChunk

Object nextChunk()
                 throws Exception

Fetches a chunked data from the stream. The returned chunk is usually a ChannelBuffer, but you could extend an existing implementation to convert the ChannelBuffer into a different type that your handler or encoder understands.

Returns:

the fetched chunk, which is usually ChannelBuffer. null if there is no data left in the stream.

Throws:

Exception

close

void close()
           throws Exception

Releases the resources associated with the stream.

Throws:

Exception