ReferenceInputStream.java

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package org.eclipse.osgi.storage.url.reference;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * InputStream subclass which provides a reference (via URL) to the data
 * rather than allowing the input stream to be directly read.
 */
public class ReferenceInputStream extends InputStream {
	protected URL reference;

	public ReferenceInputStream(URL reference) {
		this.reference = reference;
	}

	/* This method should not be called.
	 */
	public int read() throws IOException {
		throw new IOException();
	}

	public URL getReference() {
		return reference;
	}
}