javax.ws.rs.core
Interface StreamingOutput


public interface StreamingOutput

A type that may be used as a resource method return value or as the entity in a Response when the application wishes to stream the output. This is a lightweight alternative to a MessageBodyWriter.

See Also:
MessageBodyWriter, Response

Method Summary
 void write(java.io.OutputStream output)
          Called to write the message body.
 

Method Detail

write

void write(java.io.OutputStream output)
           throws java.io.IOException,
                  WebApplicationException
Called to write the message body.

Parameters:
output - the OutputStream to write to.
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an IO error is encountered
WebApplicationException - if a specific HTTP error response needs to be produced. Only effective if thrown prior to any bytes being written to output.


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