IStreamContentAccessor (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IEncodedStreamContentAccessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BufferedContent, 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:

BufferedContent

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
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 Detail
  - 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