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(OutputStream output) Called to write the message body.

Method Detail

write

void write(OutputStream output)
           throws IOException,
                  WebApplicationException

Called to write the message body.

Parameters:

output - the OutputStream to write to.

Throws:

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.