package com.firefly.codec.http2.model;
import java.io.Closeable;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* <p>{@link ContentProvider} provides a source of request content.</p>
* <p>Implementations should return an {@link Iterator} over the request content.
* If the request content comes from a source that needs to be closed (for
* example, an {@link java.io.InputStream}), then the iterator implementation class
* must implement {@link Closeable} and will be closed when the request is
* completed (either successfully or failed).</p>
* <p>{@link ContentProvider} provides a {@link #getLength() length} of the content
* it represents.
* If the length is positive, it typically overrides any {@code Content-Length}
* header set by applications; if the length is negative, it typically removes
* any {@code Content-Length} header set by applications, resulting in chunked
* content (i.e. {@code Transfer-Encoding: chunked}) being sent to the server.</p>
*/
public interface ContentProvider extends Iterable<ByteBuffer> {
/**
* @return the content length, if known, or -1 if the content length is unknown
*/
long getLength();
/**
* An extension of {@link ContentProvider} that provides a content type string
* to be used as a {@code Content-Type} HTTP header in requests.
*/
interface Typed extends ContentProvider {
/**
* @return the content type string such as "application/octet-stream" or
* "application/json;charset=UTF8", or null if no content type must be set
*/
String getContentType();
}
}