com.metamatrix.connector.xml.base
Class FileBackedValueReference

java.lang.Object
  com.metamatrix.connector.xml.base.FileBackedValueReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

LargeTextValueReference

public class FileBackedValueReference
extends java.lang.Object
implements LargeTextValueReference

Constructor Summary

protected

FileBackedValueReference(FileLifeManager fileLifeManager)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getContentAsString() Obtain the content held in the reference as a string.
static java.lang.String	getEncoding()
long	getSize() Get total size of the object.
java.lang.Object	getValue() Obtain the actual original value that is held by the reference.
boolean	isBinary() Determine whether this is a blob or clob type object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FileBackedValueReference

protected FileBackedValueReference(FileLifeManager fileLifeManager)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Description copied from interface: LargeTextValueReference

Obtain the actual original value that is held by the reference.

Specified by:

getValue in interface LargeTextValueReference

Returns:

The original large object from the source

getSize

public long getSize()

Description copied from interface: LargeTextValueReference

Get total size of the object. This is expected to potentially take a long time if the entire object must be scanned to determine the size.

Specified by:

getSize in interface LargeTextValueReference

Returns:

Size of the object in either bytes or characters, as appropriate

getContentAsString

public java.lang.String getContentAsString()
                                    throws ConnectorException

Description copied from interface: LargeTextValueReference

Obtain the content held in the reference as a string.

Specified by:

getContentAsString in interface LargeTextValueReference

Returns:

String representation of reference content.

Throws:

ConnectorException

isBinary

public boolean isBinary()

Description copied from interface: LargeTextValueReference

Determine whether this is a blob or clob type object.

Specified by:

isBinary in interface LargeTextValueReference

Returns:

True if binary, false if character data

getEncoding

public static java.lang.String getEncoding()

Returns:

Returns the encoding.