org.modeshape.jcr.value
Interface BinaryValue

All Superinterfaces:

Binary, Comparable<BinaryValue>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBinary, EmptyBinaryValue, InMemoryBinaryValue, StoredBinaryValue

@Immutable
public interface BinaryValue
extends Comparable<BinaryValue>, Serializable, Binary

Value holder for binary data. BinaryValue extends the public Binary interface (which itself extends Binary) and adds requirements such as being serializable and comparable.

Method Summary

BinaryKey	getKey() Get the key for the binary value.
long	getSize() Get the length of this binary data.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.modeshape.jcr.api.Binary

getHash, getHexHash, getMimeType, getMimeType

Methods inherited from interface javax.jcr.Binary

dispose, getStream, read

Method Detail

getSize

long getSize()

Get the length of this binary data.

Note that this method, unlike the standard Binary.getSize() method, does not throw an exception.

Specified by:

getSize in interface Binary

Returns:

the number of bytes in this binary data

getKey

BinaryKey getKey()

Get the key for the binary value.

Returns:

the key; never null