Package org.eclipse.compare

Interface IStreamContentAccessor

All Known Subinterfaces:
IEncodedStreamContentAccessor
All Known Implementing Classes:
BufferedContent, BufferedResourceNode, DocumentRangeNode, HistoryItem, ResourceNode, StructureRootNode
public interface IStreamContentAccessor
An IStreamContentAccessor object represents a set of bytes which can be accessed by means of a stream.

Clients may implement this interface, or use the standard implementation, BufferedContent.

See Also:

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    InputStream
    getContents()
    Returns an open InputStream for this object which can be used to retrieve the object's content.

  • Method Details

    • getContents

      InputStream getContents() throws CoreException
      Returns an open InputStream for this object which can be used to retrieve the object's content. The client is responsible for closing the stream when finished. Returns null if this object has no streamable contents.
      Returns:
      an input stream containing the contents of this object
      Throws:
      CoreException - if the contents of this object could not be accessed