HttpContent.java

package org.codehaus.mojo.mockrepo.server;

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Represents content in a repository.
 */
public interface HttpContent
{
    /**
     * Returns an input stream for the content.  The caller is responsible for closing the input stream.
     *
     * @return an input stream of the content.
     * @throws java.io.IOException if something drastic went wrong.
     */
    InputStream getInputStream()
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the size of the content.
     *
     * @return the number of bytes in the content.
     */
    long getSize();

    /**
     * Returns the date the content was last modified.
     *
     * @return the date the content was last modified.
     */
    Date getLastModified();

    /**
     * Returns the mime type of this content.
     *
     * @return the mime type of this content.
     */
    String getContentType();
}